SteveF wrote:
On 1/6/2014 10:00 AM, TomR wrote:

If I can, I will do that. But, the newsreader that I use doesn't
save threads and posts for that long (I am using Outlook Express). So, I
doubt that I will be able to do a follow-up 6 months or a year
from now. P.S. If anyone has any suggestions for a newsreader that saves
all
the old posts, let me know.

Your current newsreader will display any downloaded message. Given:

You do not unsubscribe to the newsgroup and/or catch it up.
Even then it still could.

You do not have any settings set to delete downloaded content. I
don't recall exactly how OE does things. So, this might not be an
option for the program, anyway.

Just to check, click on this newsgroup (already here if you are
reading this), then go up to the menu bar at the top of the window. There
should be a "View" option. Click on this and a "Current view"
option should be at the top of the next menu. You will want to select
the "Show all messages" after you are done with the following.

If you are reading this message, make sure that it is opened in its
own window. If you do not know how to do this, double click on the
message. Minimize the new window. This message should still be
highlighted in the main window. To make things simple, just "right
click" on this message and select the "Mark as unread" option.

Okay, the steps above are a bit redundant, but I have you do this to
keep you from losing your place.

If you still have this message open in its own window, continue to
ignore it.

In the main window a whole bunch of messages should be visible. If
not, reply to this message and await further instructions. By
selecting the "View" option and "Current view", then selecting "Show only
unread" or something to that effect, most of the messages should go
away. Assuming, of course, that you have read a majority of this
group before starting this.

Regardless, this message should still be unread. It is possible to
mark this message unread in that window I told you to ignore.

I only state this so that you may have a chance to change a setting
in the Tools -- Options --- (select the read tab)Read menu. Uncheck
the "Mark all messages as read when leaving" or something box.

There is another setting just for newsgroups that I forget where it is
at, but it is an option to mark messages read after a specified amount
of time. Uncheck that as well, or up the quantity a bit.

There are other ways to modify how OE works, along with other
programs, but stick with OE until you learn how to move around and
set things up.
It is always possible to hunt this thread down using (barf) google
groups, but I that is its own bunch of crap to deal with. Google
ruined Usenet.

On that note, good luck!

Thanks. I did some of the above -- I clicked on View, and my current
setting is set to Show All Messages. I usually click Mark All As Read (or
something like that) fairly often since I don't want to read every message
(especially the stupid "OT" ones, the political crap ones, and the sick
nonsense ones). I think maybe some of the rest of what you were suggesting
was to mark this thread (or a message in this thread) as Unread so I can
save it for the future, but I'm not sure. I wouldn't want to do that since
it would get undone by my "Mark All As Read" routine.

I do have my settings set to save all Sent messages, so I can go and find
old Sent messages there, I guess open them if needed, and send a Reply in
the future.

And, I do think that if I never "Reset" or "Catch Up" (or whatever it is
called), I probably end up keeping all of the old messages.