Problem using Thunderbird for newsgroups ??

[Montblack]

I'm using Mozilla/Firefox instead of M$ Internet Explorer. I've also
switched over to (free) Thunderbird, from using M$ Outlook Express 6.0. (So
far I'm OK-happy with this combination)

I've been reading these newsgroups with Outlook Express since 1998. I'm
familiar with it and I like it. Comfort level: High. Since Thunderbird is so
similar, I'm also comfortable with it.

Here's my problem:

I can not get Thunderbird to clean up old posts the way M$ OE 6.0 does.

(In OE 6.0 -- Right click on whatever newsgroup/Properties/Local
File/Delete) See, I don't enjoy scolling through an archive of thousands of
posts. (That's what Google is for)

In OE 6.0, I like downloading new posts into an empty (clean) message pane a
couple of times per day, reading them, then deleting them. If I want to save
anything I drag it over to a FLYING folder. Sent posts are automatically
saved in my ....Sent folder.

I'm still using OE for newsgroups because of this "one" feature.

Any suggestions? Thunderbird won't even let me delete a single newsgroup
post like I would do if I were cleaning up the Inbox of old e-mails. How do
I get rid of old newsgroup posts with Thunderbird?


Montblack

[Aardvark]

Montblack wrote:


>
> Any suggestions? Thunderbird won't even let me delete a single newsgroup
> post like I would do if I were cleaning up the Inbox of old e-mails. How do
> I get rid of old newsgroup posts with Thunderbird?
>
>
> Montblack
>
>

Change "View" from "All" to "Unread"

[John Halpenny]

Montblack wrote:

> I'm using Mozilla/Firefox instead of M$ Internet Explorer. I've also
> switched over to (free) Thunderbird, from using M$ Outlook Express 6.0. (So
> far I'm OK-happy with this combination)
>
> I've been reading these newsgroups with Outlook Express since 1998. I'm
> familiar with it and I like it. Comfort level: High. Since Thunderbird is so
> similar, I'm also comfortable with it.
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> I can not get Thunderbird to clean up old posts the way M$ OE 6.0 does.
>
> (In OE 6.0 -- Right click on whatever newsgroup/Properties/Local
> File/Delete) See, I don't enjoy scolling through an archive of thousands of
> posts. (That's what Google is for)
>
> In OE 6.0, I like downloading new posts into an empty (clean) message pane a
> couple of times per day, reading them, then deleting them. If I want to save
> anything I drag it over to a FLYING folder. Sent posts are automatically
> saved in my ....Sent folder.
>
> I'm still using OE for newsgroups because of this "one" feature.
>
> Any suggestions? Thunderbird won't even let me delete a single newsgroup
> post like I would do if I were cleaning up the Inbox of old e-mails. How do
> I get rid of old newsgroup posts with Thunderbird?
>
> Montblack

I'm using Netscape - an old, old predecessor. You cannot "delete" posts from a
newsgroup, you "mark as read" and then " show only unread " posts. If you could
delete posts, us slower folk would never get to see them:-)

John Halpenny

[John Ousterhout]

Montblack wrote:
> I'm using Mozilla/Firefox instead of M$ Internet Explorer. I've also
> switched over to (free) Thunderbird, from using M$ Outlook Express 6.0. (So
> far I'm OK-happy with this combination)
>
> I've been reading these newsgroups with Outlook Express since 1998. I'm
> familiar with it and I like it. Comfort level: High. Since Thunderbird is so
> similar, I'm also comfortable with it.
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> I can not get Thunderbird to clean up old posts the way M$ OE 6.0 does.
>
> (In OE 6.0 -- Right click on whatever newsgroup/Properties/Local
> File/Delete) See, I don't enjoy scolling through an archive of thousands of
> posts. (That's what Google is for)
>
> In OE 6.0, I like downloading new posts into an empty (clean) message pane a
> couple of times per day, reading them, then deleting them. If I want to save
> anything I drag it over to a FLYING folder. Sent posts are automatically
> saved in my ....Sent folder.
>
> I'm still using OE for newsgroups because of this "one" feature.
>
> Any suggestions? Thunderbird won't even let me delete a single newsgroup
> post like I would do if I were cleaning up the Inbox of old e-mails. How do
> I get rid of old newsgroup posts with Thunderbird?
>
>
> Montblack

I also recently changed to Thunderbird (From Eudora email and Agent
Newsreader) I'm happy with the switch. I switched from IE to Mozilla
in 2003 and to Firebird last summer.

On Thunderbird if I select the oldest message in a group I get the
following message:

Error!
newsgroup server responded:No Such Article In Group
Perhaps the article has expired
> (246377)
Click here to remove all expired articles

I click and those messages not on my News server are gone from my PC.

By selecting "View Unread" I only see the new messages.

Alas, Thunderbird still lacks great help. But it's getting better all
the time.

- J.O.-

[Denny]

John, using the newest stuff on the block supposedly insulates you from
hackers, etc.. But, only until there is enough chatter on usenet to
interest the pimply faced scum, then like a tsunami they are there...
It is already happening with Mac's, Mozilla, etc...
Because I'm a business the servers and networks in my office are tied
to Windows Server 2003 and use IE for the interface to the web... Even
if I wanted to change, the software support folks won't agree to take
on oddball programs at any price... But, because I am commercial -
and paying the usual commercial rates for my software and support
systems <sob> - I don't have virus and hacker problems... zero, zip,
nada, and my servors are on 24/7... ya gets what ya pay for...
denny

[Doug Carter]

John Ousterhout wrote:

> On Thunderbird if I select the oldest message in a group I get the
> following message:
>
> Error!
> newsgroup server responded:No Such Article In Group
> Perhaps the article has expired
> > (246377)
> Click here to remove all expired articles
>
> I click and those messages not on my News server are gone from my PC.
>
> By selecting "View Unread" I only see the new messages.
>
> Alas, Thunderbird still lacks great help. But it's getting better all
> the time.
>

I've been using Thunderbird on FreeBSD and Mac OSX since about version
..7 (currently 1.0). Never noticed this problem.