Michael J. Albanese wrote: > Neil wrote: > > >>Only Mark Newsgroup Read; right-click the folder and select Mark >>Newsgroup Read, or Message/Mark/All Read > > > > Thanks, but not quite the same functionality as Catch Up. > > Whenever I subscribe to a newsgroup, Mozilla wants to download all > the messages (sometimes 50000+) before I can mark them read. I can set > the preferences to limit the download to 500, but then I get the > *oldest* 500 rather than the newest 500, which is what I want. > > I was hoping there was Catch Up capability to set the reader to the > highest known message number. Looks like it's either download all the > messages, or manually go into the newsrc file and fiddle with the > message numbers. > > Oh well, another one for the wish list :-) > > Mike > >
I download only 100 when I first subscribe to a newsgroup server and sometimes I will check mark all the rest read, sometimes not, you can change it in your edit -> preferences.. -Dennis
