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Novice
Hi, I know this question has been asked a thousand times and on a hundred
different newsservers, but I just want to confirm something before I simply
accepted it.
I have Microsoft Outlook Express 6. And I would like to keep local copies
of threads on newsgroups on my machine, so that when they are deleted from
my newsgroup they still exist on my machine.
Initially I thought the way to do this was to:
Go into the newsgroup you are interested in - by left clicking the newsgroup
name in the folders window pane. Then go to Tools->mark for offline ->
download all messages later
This will cause little blue arrows that point down to appear next to each
message in the newsgroup that have not yet been read. Then right click on
the name of the newsgroup in the Folders window pane and click
Synchronization Settings-> all messages. Then click on Tools->synchronize
all (or just synchronize newsgroup if you want to apply this on a per
newsgroup basis).
HOWEVER, this did NOT result in the threads remaining on my machine even
after they had been deleted from the newsserver. I suspect this is because
all that the above achieves is to allow viewing of threads offline - i.e.
when your computer is not connected to the internet and thus is unable to
connect to your newserver.
Now, I have continued reading and it seems the only way to get a thread to
reside on your machine even after it is deleted is to create a folder under
"local folders" in your folders window pane and then right click on the
thread of interest and click on "copy to folder".
However, the above causes the thread to lose its "thread" structure and
becomes completely flat.. which isn't anywhere near as useful as when the
thread allowed for the thread structure.
Can anyone tell me definitively if there is a way (using Outlook Express 6)
to keep a local copy of some thread on your machine even after your
newserver has deleted it and for that thread to maintain its tree type
structure?
Thanks,
Novice
different newsservers, but I just want to confirm something before I simply
accepted it.
I have Microsoft Outlook Express 6. And I would like to keep local copies
of threads on newsgroups on my machine, so that when they are deleted from
my newsgroup they still exist on my machine.
Initially I thought the way to do this was to:
Go into the newsgroup you are interested in - by left clicking the newsgroup
name in the folders window pane. Then go to Tools->mark for offline ->
download all messages later
This will cause little blue arrows that point down to appear next to each
message in the newsgroup that have not yet been read. Then right click on
the name of the newsgroup in the Folders window pane and click
Synchronization Settings-> all messages. Then click on Tools->synchronize
all (or just synchronize newsgroup if you want to apply this on a per
newsgroup basis).
HOWEVER, this did NOT result in the threads remaining on my machine even
after they had been deleted from the newsserver. I suspect this is because
all that the above achieves is to allow viewing of threads offline - i.e.
when your computer is not connected to the internet and thus is unable to
connect to your newserver.
Now, I have continued reading and it seems the only way to get a thread to
reside on your machine even after it is deleted is to create a folder under
"local folders" in your folders window pane and then right click on the
thread of interest and click on "copy to folder".
However, the above causes the thread to lose its "thread" structure and
becomes completely flat.. which isn't anywhere near as useful as when the
thread allowed for the thread structure.
Can anyone tell me definitively if there is a way (using Outlook Express 6)
to keep a local copy of some thread on your machine even after your
newserver has deleted it and for that thread to maintain its tree type
structure?
Thanks,
Novice