Hello stephen
On 11-Oct-00, you wrote:
>
> I believe this option only applies to the first time you subscribe
> to a newsgroup and not every time you log on. If it did that then you
> would see lots of complaints about missing posts. Since an automatic
> message limit might just cut off the post you wanted.
>
> By asking how many you want to receive from a new group
> MD is letting you set a limit so you won't get overwhelmed thousands
> of messages when you may not be aware how many posts you will get on
> subscribing. After that if you still subscribe to a newsgroup with
> heavy traffic then you should either download headers only then log
> off delete the ones you don't want, and download the ones you do (only
> recommended for binary sites). Alternatively just download the lot,
> read the ones you want offline and delete it rest. A lot of people
> Well me at least) wouldn't mind if MD had a filter system for News to
> automatically delete some of those posts.
That requester about all or last 100 should not appear unless the
newsgroup in question is empty. I missed that. If it is appearing on
non-empty newsgroups, there is something seriously wrong. Did he mean
that?
Regards
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Mike Leavitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] + team Amiga +
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