Barry
I think you are misquoting. It actually says Get next 300 headers
not messages. Headers do not have bodies i.e. they are without
the text of the message.
The figure of 300 is a default which can be reset to any number
from 50 to 999 or deselected so that you get all available headers.
See Tools, Options, Read.
There are a large number of delete options in Outlook Express.
However, there is is not one that corresponds to the Get Next
xxx headers. Single messages can be deleted by placing the
cursor on the message in the newsgroup list and selecting the
Delete key.
Holding down the Ctrl key whilst selecting or for deselecting
messages can be used to create multiple selection which
can then be deleted with the Delete key. Also you can use the
Shift key by placing the cursor on the first message in a range,
then hold down the Shift key and select End to select a range
of messages and then use the Delete key to remove the
whole range. Using the Ctrl key instead of the Shift key enables
you to delect some in the range before deleting the remainder.
You can sort by columns and turn on or off Group by
Conversation before selecting messages.
The options in Clean up Now are Remove Messages which
removes only the body of the message. The Delete and the
Reset buttons both remove headers and bodies. The
differences between these two buttons being that if you
synchronise after using the Delete button you do not
download replacements for any messages deleted which
remain on the news server, whereas if the Reset is used
you have the potential to download replacements remaining
on the server. Neither button enables the user to be selective.
It is all or nothing.
Using a Message Rule enables a limited degree of selectivity.
You have to rely on the criteria being correct as you do not see
which messages are to be deleted before they are deleted.
For this reason some users create rules to move to messages
to an intermediate folder before finally deleting. It seems to suit
most users requirements ( more recent changes may have
made this method less popular than it was ).
The most flexible method ( was before changes a year or so
ago ) of deleting news messages is using the Move to Folder
command ( to Deleted Items folder ) in the Edit, Find, Find
Message Windows whilst Online. You have a range of search
criteria and you can delete some or all messages
found by the search criteria. Holding down the Ctrl key for
selecting or for deselecting after using Select. All helps once
you have messages in the Find Message Window. To delete
headers only you need to be Online and connected. You can
use the procedure to delete from single newsgroups or from
a news account.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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My newsreader, Outlook Express, has a feature that gets 300 additional
messages in a newsgroup. Where is the function for doing the opposite -
deleting 300 messages?
Thank you,
Barry Karas
