Re: Remove attachments from newsgroup posts

From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:42:10 -0700

I don't know what else to tell you. Once the messages appear in the
NG, they are taking up space whether you have opened them or not. If
there is an attachment, it is in the original post so even if you
could delete only the attachment, you would not be able to view it
later unless you re-downloaded the original post.

As for messages being downloaded from the server, if you go to
Tools>Options>Read tab and uncheck: Get xxx headers at a time, you
should get all the messages that are available on the server.

Perhaps someone else will see this and offer their thoughts. 

-- 
Bruce Hagen
   ~IB-CA~
"Earl Kiosterud" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%23Ypj9t6VEHA.1164@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Bruce,
>
> No, I've not moved the newsgroup posts to another folder.  I've
downloaded
> some of them, containing attachments, at which point the headers
change from
> bold to normal font.  When I use Tools-Options-Maint-Clean up and
either
> remove message bodies, or delete headers and message bodies,
followed by
> Compact folders, it goes through pretty quickly.  Then I go back to
the
> newsgroup and I still instantly see the headers, even if I restart
OE.  Most
> of the headers are in bold, but those earlier downloaded are still
non-bold,
> and the attachments are instantly available if I open the posts.  I
have
> DSL, approx 750 Mb/sec, and these attachments will normally take
several
> seconds to download, so I am confident they're not being downloaded
again.
>
> Removing the posts manually by your second suggestion got rid of
everything.
> I manually selected all of the posts.  Then I pressed Delete and
responded
> to the "are you sure" message.  It took quite a while to delete
them
> (hourglass).  Then I did File>Compact all folders.  Using Dir on a
command
> line, I see I picked up about a megabyte of free disk space.
>
> But this method gets rid of the headers, and I never see them
again.  It
> shows no posts in the newsgroup, so I can't go after other stuff.
I see no
> command to download all the posts from the server.  Only posts
which arrive
> at the server later then the deleting ever appear.  I could
manually
> selectively delete only those in non-bold, I suppose, but I still
lose the
> ability to see them and download them again if I want to.
>
> I think this used to work.  At least I thought it did.  Seems to me
the
> downloaded headers went bold again.  I'm beginning to think this
isn't a
> "how do I do this" question, but more a "what's wrong with this
program"
> question, which I don't really want to pursue.  I'll wait for more
stuff to
> break, then eventually reload the entire system, as I occasionally
have to
> do.
>
> But if I'm doing something wrong, and there's a way to remove the
posts (and
> attachments) to free up disk space, and still see the stuff in the
> newsgroup, I'd like to know.  Thanks so much for your help.
> -- 
> Earl Kiosterud
> mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
> -------------------------------------------
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:urS6YH6VEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Earl,
> >
> > You are still looking at the messages in the newsgroup and have
not
> > moved them to another folder, have you?
> >
> > The messages aren't being downloaded again, they are just not
being
> > deleted, correct? As if you didn't do a thing? Lets try deleting
the
> > messages a different way.
> >
> > If you want to delete a selection of messages, but not the first
or
> > last, click on the last message you want to delete, scroll up as
far
> > as you want to delete messages, hold down the Shift key and click
on
> > that message. This will highlight the messages in blue. Hit the
> > Delete key.
> >
> > If you want to delete every message after a certain one, click on
the
> > newest message you want deleted. Hold Ctrl+Shift and tap the End
key,
> > then Delete.
> >
> > If you want to delete all messages in a newsgroup, highlight any
> > message - Hold Ctrl & A and tap Delete.
> >
> > Any way you do it, follow up by compacting all your folders
> > *manually* while working offline.
> >
> > File>Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status
Bar).
> > File>Folder>Compact all folders.
> >
> > In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck: Compact messages in
background
> > and leave this unchecked as it can cause problems such as low
memory.
> >
> > Let me know if this helps.
> > -- 
> > Bruce Hagen
> >    ~IB-CA~
> >
> >
> >
> > "Earl Kiosterud" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:eDbd875VEHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Bruce,
> > >
> > > Yes, in OE 6.  I use Tools>Options>Maintenance>Clean up now.
I
> > use Delete
> > > headers and message bodies.  Then I can go to a newsgroup and
> > headers are
> > > still there.  Those messages downloaded are in normal font and
> > those not
> > > downloaded are in bold.  The attachments are still there.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Earl Kiosterud
> > > mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
> > > -------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
> > > news:ubehl00VEHA.2840@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > You're still in OE, correct?  Just delete the message headers
in
> > the
> > > > NG. Get rid of the posts.
> > > >
> > > > After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders
manually
> > > > while working *offline* and do it often.
> > > >
> > > > File>Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status
> > Bar).
> > > > File>Folder>Compact all folders.
> > > >
> > > > In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
> > background
> > > > and leave it unchecked.
> > > >
> > > > I hope this helps. I'm not sure exactly what you are doing.
> > > > -- 
> > > > Bruce Hagen
> > > >    ~IB-CA~
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Earl Kiosterud" <nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:OMd7fl0VEHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > If I have newsgroup posts attachments (and they're large
music
> > > > files), I
> > > > > can't seem to get rid of them to free up disk space.  I can
use
> > > > Tools,
> > > > > Options - Maintenance and remove message bodies, and all
kinds
> > of
> > > > stuff, but
> > > > > the files are still there.  I can still open the posts,
> > > > double-click the
> > > > > attachments, and there they are.  How do I get totally rid
of
> > them?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Earl
> > > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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