On 03.04.2006 14:22 UK Time, Jallan wrote:
Herbert Eppel wrote:
On 03.04.2006 05:14 UK Time, Rod Engelsman wrote:
Herbert Eppel wrote:
Am I the only person with this problem?
No, you aren't alone. I have never been able to get the "remove
expired article" thing to work either.
You might try running "Compact Folders" and if that doesn't help,
exit TB completely, delete the .msf file and restart.
Thanks, I tried all that, but sadly the massive .msf file is simply
recreated :-(
I don't think it is a Thunderbird problem, because it works alright
with other newsgroups, and as I said, one of the Mozilla Champion
confirmed that it appears to be a particular issue with the OOo
newsgroups (or possibly the gmane server).
It is turning into a little more than just a minor annoyance - any
further comments?
Personally, I've never noticed this problem, as I've set the properties
of g.c.o. questions under news.gmaine,org to "Delete messages more than
[7] days old", which works. Oddly, I don't find any option "Remove
expired article."
Splendid, setting a retention time limit in Thunderbird works as a
workaround - thanks a lot! Why didn't I think of it myself? :-[
By the way, it isn't odd that you don't see an option to "Remove expired
article", because it only shows, for expired articles. With your 7-day
time limit, Thunderbird removes articles before they expire, which is
why you don't see it :-)
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Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk
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