Thunderbird/gmane?

[sktsee]

On 09/17/2011 09:15 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> I apologize for starting a new thread with the same name as my old one.
> When reading the reply from sktsee I clicked on the menu to check his
> recommendations, the message was marked as read and I no long had access
> to it. For convenience I have copied and pasted the original from the
> archives.
>
>
> On 09/16/2011 03:35 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>
> Following some advice I received here I started to read the list on
> gmane. I like it and it is working well except I can't see any old
> messages. Once I read a message and close that account the next time I
> open gmane I don't see anything I have read previously.
>
> I have View-->Threads set to all.
>
> Settings--> Sync & Storage is as follows:
>
> Disk Space - No entries are checked
>
> Recover Disk Space - Don't delete any messages is checked
>
> Remove bodies from msg more than 30 days old is checked.
>
> I have a version of Seamonkey on this machine and it will let me see old
> messages. The settings seem to be the same.
>
> What other settings do I need to change in Thunderbird?
>
> Thanks, Jim
>
>
>
>
> Yeah, Thunderbird makes message display filtering harder than it should be.
>
> View -> Messages -> All
> View -> Threads -> All
> Quick Filter button "Show only unread messages" should be unchecked.
>
>
> --
> sktsee
>
> I don't see a menu item View -> Messages -> All
>

Oh right, I forgot that it doesn't show up unless you add the "Mail 
Views" object to the mail toolbar. Go View->Toolbars->Customize->drag 
Mail View to mail toolbar. Set selector to all.


You might also check the indivdual retention policy of the newsgroup. 
Right click on the newsgroup -> Properties -> Retention Policy tab -> 
make sure it uses "My account settings", or either that the individual 
settings are sensible. While you have the Folder Properties window open 
you could click on the Repair Folder button located on the General 
Information tab and see if that helps.

-- 
sktsee