I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird - regardless of the slagging
that went on, I liked the layout in Google Groups.

But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages. What is the
setting I need to change to see messages further back than that?

Thanks
Rob

On 07/08/2011 10:22, Rob G wrote:
I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird - regardless of the slagging
that went on, I liked the layout in Google Groups.

But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages. What is the
setting I need to change to see messages further back than that?

Thanks
Rob

Go to Tools-Account Settings, find your news account and select Server
Settings. There's an option that says "Ask me before downloading...."
Set this to a big number (I use 10000, but if you want to pull
everything on uk.d-i-y you may need a much bigger number) then click Ok
and hit F5 to refresh

On 07/08/2011 10:39, Steve wrote:
On 07/08/2011 10:22, Rob G wrote:
I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird - regardless of the slagging
that went on, I liked the layout in Google Groups.

But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages. What is the
setting I need to change to see messages further back than that?

Thanks
Rob

Go to Tools-Account Settings, find your news account and select Server
Settings. There's an option that says "Ask me before downloading...."
Set this to a big number (I use 10000, but if you want to pull
everything on uk.d-i-y you may need a much bigger number) then click Ok
and hit F5 to refresh

Thanks - I've done that without any change - it was set to 3000. From
the message at the foot of the screen it seems to be only loading new
messages -"There are no new messages on the Server"
Rob

On 07/08/2011 10:53, Rob G wrote:
On 07/08/2011 10:39, Steve wrote:
On 07/08/2011 10:22, Rob G wrote:
I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird - regardless of the slagging
that went on, I liked the layout in Google Groups.

But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages. What is the
setting I need to change to see messages further back than that?

Thanks
Rob

Go to Tools-Account Settings, find your news account and select Server
Settings. There's an option that says "Ask me before downloading...."
Set this to a big number (I use 10000, but if you want to pull
everything on uk.d-i-y you may need a much bigger number) then click Ok
and hit F5 to refresh

Thanks - I've done that without any change - it was set to 3000. From
the message at the foot of the screen it seems to be only loading new
messages -"There are no new messages on the Server"
Rob

Ok, try unsubscribing (right click uk.d-i-y and select unsubscribe) then
re-subscribe (right click the your server entry and select subscribe).
It should ask you which headers to download (in your case it will say
3000) You could say download all to get everything (although mine says
740000 headers on Virgin so it could take a while)

Rob G wrote:

On 07/08/2011 10:39, Steve wrote:

On 07/08/2011 10:22, Rob G wrote:

I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird
But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages.

Go to Tools-Account Settings, find your news account and select Server
Settings. There's an option that says "Ask me before downloading...."
Set this to a big number

Thanks - I've done that without any change - it was set to 3000.

If you want to get messages froma bit further back you sould have a menu
option

File/Get Next $BIGNUMBER News Messages

you can repeat this to get older and older messages, within the history
the server keeps.

Steve wrote:
On 07/08/2011 10:53, Rob G wrote:
On 07/08/2011 10:39, Steve wrote:
On 07/08/2011 10:22, Rob G wrote:
I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird - regardless of the slagging
that went on, I liked the layout in Google Groups.

But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages. What is the
setting I need to change to see messages further back than that?

Thanks
Rob

Go to Tools-Account Settings, find your news account and select Server
Settings. There's an option that says "Ask me before downloading...."
Set this to a big number (I use 10000, but if you want to pull
everything on uk.d-i-y you may need a much bigger number) then click Ok
and hit F5 to refresh

Thanks - I've done that without any change - it was set to 3000. From
the message at the foot of the screen it seems to be only loading new
messages -"There are no new messages on the Server"
Rob

Ok, try unsubscribing (right click uk.d-i-y and select unsubscribe) then
re-subscribe (right click the your server entry and select subscribe).
It should ask you which headers to download (in your case it will say
3000) You could say download all to get everything (although mine says
740000 headers on Virgin so it could take a while)

Which server are you using? Some have better retention times thna
others. NIN keeps a few weeks, BT keeps more. Some free servers only
keep the last couple of hundred posts

When you unsubscribe, it may also help to delete the files relating to
the newsgroup from your HD. There will be a uk.d-i-y.msf and a
uk.d-i-y.dat file somewhere on your HD, which Thunderbird uses to keep
track of what you've read already.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 07/08/11 10:22, Rob G wrote:
I've switched to Newsgroups on Thunderbird - regardless of the slagging
that went on, I liked the layout in Google Groups.

But I'm only getting the last 24 hours or so's messages. What is the
setting I need to change to see messages further back than that?

Check whether your system is set to show all of the threads. Go to the
View menu, Select Threads then All. Does this fix the problem?




--
Bernard Peek

Andy Burns wrote:
There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations", search for it
within Tools/Add-Ons in TB, I've never tried it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thu...ersation-view/

Instructions:
Open Tools-AddOns...

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

JGH

J.G.Harston wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations", search for it
within Tools/Add-Ons in TB, I've never tried it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thu...ersation-view/


Instructions:
Open Tools-AddOns...

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

JGH

is on mine!

(Linux)

J.G.Harston wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations",
search for it within Tools/Add-Ons in TB

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

Well there should be! Is there a "tools"? If so, what's under it?
AFAIK it's only tools/options that becomes edit/preferences under linux,
tools/addons should be different across platorms ...

Andy Burns wrote:

tools/addons should be different across platorms ...
^
n't

On 10/08/2011 00:37, J.G.Harston wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations", search for it
within Tools/Add-Ons in TB, I've never tried it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thu...ersation-view/


Instructions:
Open Tools-AddOns...

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

JGH

My TB 5.0 on Windows 7 64 bit has it. TB has been rock solid on Windows
7 64 bit unlike quite a few other applications.

On 10/08/2011 00:37, J.G.Harston wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations", search for it
within Tools/Add-Ons in TB, I've never tried it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thu...ersation-view/


Instructions:
Open Tools-AddOns...

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

Which version are you using? (5.0 is the current version)


--
Cheers,

John.

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dave wrote:

John Rumm wrote:

Which version are you using? (5.0 is the current version)

That's Firefox not TB.
TB is V3.0.11

Nope, TB5.0 was released at the end of June, and next week TB6.0 is
likely to be released.

On 12/08/2011 01:11, dave wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:41:23 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 10/08/2011 00:37, J.G.Harston wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations", search for it
within Tools/Add-Ons in TB, I've never tried it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thu...ersation-view/


Instructions:
Open Tools-AddOns...

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

Which version are you using? (5.0 is the current version)
That's Firefox not TB.
TB is V3.0.11

I am using TB 5.0 although I am aware some prefer older versions.

FF also 5.0

Both report they are up to date.

On 12/08/2011 01:11, dave wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:41:23 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

On 10/08/2011 00:37, J.G.Harston wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:
There's an experimental add-on called "Conversations", search for it
within Tools/Add-Ons in TB, I've never tried it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thu...ersation-view/


Instructions:
Open Tools-AddOns...

There isn't a Tools-AddOns

Which version are you using? (5.0 is the current version)

That's Firefox not TB.

Nope that's TB as well - they are syncing the version numbers of both now.

TB is V3.0.11

Not any more...

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Cheers,

John.

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