Newsreader....how to clear out 1000's of messages??

[Dean]

Hi,

Bottom left (just above "Start" button) for some groups reads "6,000 (or
whatever) message(s), 150 unread, 22,000 not downloaded".

I imagine things might go a little quicker if I could clear out the old
messages which I 've already reviewed. How do I do that? --And if there are
messages I have marked "Watch message" will I lose those?

Thanks,
Dean

[DGuess]

right click on the newsgroup and select Catchup
yes you will lose the watched messages.

Post by Dean
Hi,
Bottom left (just above "Start" button) for some groups reads "6,000 (or
whatever) message(s), 150 unread, 22,000 not downloaded".
I imagine things might go a little quicker if I could clear out the old
messages which I 've already reviewed. How do I do that? --And if there are
messages I have marked "Watch message" will I lose those?
Thanks,
Dean

[Ken->]

Does catchup download the messages or just ignore them?
Ken

Post by DGuess
right click on the newsgroup and select Catchup
yes you will lose the watched messages.

Post by Dean
Hi,
Bottom left (just above "Start" button) for some groups reads "6,000 (or
whatever) message(s), 150 unread, 22,000 not downloaded".
I imagine things might go a little quicker if I could clear out the old
messages which I 've already reviewed. How do I do that? --And if there are
messages I have marked "Watch message" will I lose those?
Thanks,
Dean

[Michael Santovec]

It ignores them. The point of Catch-up is avoid having to download messages that you
never intend to read.
--
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

Post by Ken->
Does catchup download the messages or just ignore them?
Ken

Post by DGuess
right click on the newsgroup and select Catchup
yes you will lose the watched messages.

Post by Dean
Hi,
Bottom left (just above "Start" button) for some groups reads "6,000 (or
whatever) message(s), 150 unread, 22,000 not downloaded".
I imagine things might go a little quicker if I could clear out the old
messages which I 've already reviewed. How do I do that? --And if there are
messages I have marked "Watch message" will I lose those?
Thanks,
Dean

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Post by Dean
Hi,
Bottom left (just above "Start" button) for some groups reads "6,000
(or whatever) message(s), 150 unread, 22,000 not downloaded".
I imagine things might go a little quicker if I could clear out the
old messages which I 've already reviewed. How do I do that? --And if
there are messages I have marked "Watch message" will I lose those?
Thanks,
Dean

I use this rule, applied manually to newsgroups that get slow:

This rule is currently turned off.
Where the message was sent more than 20 days ago
Delete it

Yes, you will lose Watched messages more than 25 days old.