- Seeing multiple posts
- Posted by Alex Kaye on October 24th, 2003
I'm wondering why are there so many of the same posts are being shown
repeatedly. Also can I filter out the posts I have already read? I have
picked the 'new messages' request, but each time I log on the same posts are
down-loaded again.
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- Posted by °Mike° on October 24th, 2003
View / Current View / Hide Read Messages.
You can also define and customise views.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:49:30 +0100, in
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- Posted by trout on October 24th, 2003
Alex Kaye wrote:
You're just seeing what's available on the news-server. They aren't
being 'fed' to you. But if you delete posts, they shouldn't be
downloaded again.
You can delete posts individually; or selectively by using
Ctrl+click; delete key, or by highlighting sections of posts by holding
the shift key, and clicking the first and last message. Then the Delete
key.
If you want to get rid of the lot, right-click the newsgroup folder
(on the Folder List); select Properties > Local File > Delete.
Or use your "Views" menu on the toolbar. View > Hide read Messages,
etc.
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- Posted by Alex Kaye on October 24th, 2003
I would never have thought that there would be so many options and settings
available when using a news-site. It's like learning an apprenticeship, but
thanks to the help I'm getting from you all, I am VERY slowly finding my
way. Once last thing, why do some post have > and spaces in them and some
don't, and there in an ordinary form and much easier to read?
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- Posted by °Mike° on October 24th, 2003
The > character is used to denote quoted text. Each level
of quotation adds another > symbol. As you can see, your
quoted text has one, and trout's (two levels up) has two,
and there's your original with three.
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:41:51 +0100, in
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- Posted by trout on October 25th, 2003
Alex Kaye wrote:
As Mike explained; they are 'generation' marks. Once you get used to
reading newsgroups (and yes, you will, if you give it a while); you'll
find that they are very helpful in keeping track of who's said what.
Spaces are pretty-much up to the formatting that is done by an
individual. For example, I'll insert a space between the text portions
of individuals, so that it is clear what is being written by whom.
Sometimes the text that is being quoted can be broken up, or only
have a few words on a line. This is due to 'line wrap'; simply put, a
succession of different people's software having a differing idea of
where the lines should end, with each re-posting of the same text.
Don't get discouraged. I recall the first time I read a newsgroup.
With the combination of people posting in all diffent ways (top, bottom,
and in the middle), and people that just posted *badly* (long lines of
nothing but >>> >> >) , etc, I found it hard to follow what was being
said. But like anything else; it just gets easier after a while, when
you're used to it.
