Re: Posts duration on server

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@hotmail.com>]

> ... only last for 6 days. 

If you use Microsoft Internet News, you can keep messages you want by
caching (storing on computer) them. click on News, then Options..., then
under the advanced tab, either clear the check box, or set a higher number
for, "Delete messages xx days after being downloaded". This will prevent
messages on your computer from being deleted. ENSURE THAT THE 'Don't keep
read messages' CHECK BOX IS NOT SELECTED. THIS WILL TOTALLY ROOT UP WHAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO DO! Click OK.

Then, click on the Offline menu, and click 'Mark all for download'. Then,
on the same menu, click 'Post and Download'.

Basically, what all this does, is rescue messages from the news server
before they are deleted, and stored on your computer, so you can still see
them after they are removed from the news server. Resetting the number of
days changes the length of time they are kept on YOUR computer, so you can
set it to a high number, and view messages months after being posted.

If you opt not to delete messages, the cache file on your computer will
grow very large. You can fix this by clicking on News, 'Options...',
'Advanced' tab, then clicking 'Clean Up Now...'. Then you can choose to
delete, compact, or remove bodies from messages.

If you do not have Microsoft Internet News, there is probably another way
of doing it in other news programs.