"Dee" wrote in message ...

"Mark Atherton" wrote in message
...
I am fairly new to newsgroups but find this one particularly
interesting.
Only thing is, if I don't access it for a couple of days lots of stuff
has
disappeared, any way of retrieving posts from ,say, the past week?
Mark Atherton



You could try Google Groups

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl...group=uk.d-i-y

AndyP



Or, depending on your news reader software, set the retention time longer in
the options menu. For Outlook Express, this is done from Tools / Options /
Maintenance tab. Then read down until you find the phrase "Delete News
Messages After" and the box will tell you how many days your machine is
keeping them stored.