On 16/10/02 22:50, badrad Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> Jay Garcia wrote: > > On 16/10/02 14:24, nikos albanopoulos Replied As Follows: > > > > --- Original Message --- > > > > > >>Hi, > >>I am using 1.1 to read some newsgroups. I download them offline, so they > >> are always there to see and read them as long as I like. Of course > >>this way more and more messages are added to my newsgroup window and I > >>need to delete the useless ones (messages) from time to time. > >>Funny, I couldn't find a way to remove them from there. > >>What should I do? > >> > >>Thanks in advance > >>Nikos > >> > > > > If I read this correctly ....... > > > > You cannot *delete* messages off the server. Mark any messages you don't > > want to see as READ. > > > > I just started using this newsgroup too. Ive been using Mozilla for > years, submit bugs often, and figured Id start watching/contribing to a > few newsgroups. I have this same question though. For example, in the > mail-news newgroup, there are like 27000 messages. So I cant delete the > old ones? They just sit there, making my mozilla profile be 100 megs and > making mail/news need like 70 megs for memory? > The headers are the only thing that's actually "downloaded", the message bodies remain on the server. You cannot delete message bodies off the server. The "27,000" messages are NOT downloaded to your local system. When you are finished reading a group, mark it as READ and depending on how you have your VIEW preferences set up you will not see the old headers again, only the NEW ones. -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
