Re: Newsgroup performance stinks lately

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Dean

Outlook Express comprises any number of dbx folders. One for each
newsgroup, an inbox, a sent items, a deleted items, a folders index and
any number of user created local folders. You have only compacted a
single folder. You need to compact all Outlook Express folders regularly
especially as you are downloading newsgroup messages.

The easiest way to do this is to place the cursor on Outlook Express in
the Folder List, select File, Work Offline followed by File, Folder,
Compact All.

Try it may take a time as clearly you have very large files.

Newsgroups threads or conversations do not last more than a few days.
Unless you wish to keep your own messages there is little point keeping
other messages older than a month. Don't forget you can access
newsgroup messages back many years in Google.

Don't forget to run Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode after you have
made extensive deletions or compacted.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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"Dean" <whooshbopbang4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try placing the cursor on Outlook Express in the Folder List, select
File,
Work Offline followed by File, Folder, Compact All.


I don't understand the beginning of your reply. I have compacted and gave
you the size after compacting. I assume compacting again immediately
after won't help further - right? Perhaps you're just telling me that I
should compact regularly - is that it? You seem to be telling me to
compact again, but after noting that the size I gave you was after
compacting - it's confusing to me.

The rest of your reply is a little beyond my knowledge - I will study the
URL stuff you sent. But, perhaps that all is overkill. The ONLY thing I
care about is to be able to review the threads I have started, about 20 a
year for the last 3 years in the most active (for me) newsgroup. When it
is done loading, all I see are my threads. What I'd like best is that all
it would load (and update, post responses to) is just my threads. I can't
imagine that my threads constitute much. Perhaps this is a piece of cake?

Please respond!

Thanks!
Dean




"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dean

Failure to compact is clearly a problem.

Try placing the cursor on Outlook Express in the Folder List, select
File,
Work Offline followed by File, Folder, Compact All.

A compacted folder that is 182 mb is far too large for any system.
You need to have a strategy for removing older messages moving any
messages you wish to retain to a Local Folder as an Archive.

The options in Tools, Options, Maintenance, Clean up Now are Remove
Messages which removes only the body of the message. The Delete and
the Reset buttons both remove headers and bodies. The differences
between these two buttons being that if you synchronise after using the
Delete button you do not download replacements for any messages
deleted which remain on the news server, whereas if the Reset is used
you have the potential to download replacements remaining on the server.
Neither button enables the user to be selective. It is all or nothing.

Using a Message Rule enables a limited degree of selectivity. You have
to rely on the criteria being correct as you do not see which messages
are to be deleted before they are deleted. For this reason some users
create rules to move to messages to an intermediate folder before
finally deleting. It seems to suit most users requirements.

The most flexible method of deleting news messages is using the
Move to Folder command ( to Deleted Items folder ) in the Edit, Find,
Find Message Windows whilst Online. You have a range of search
criteria and you can delete some or all messages found by the search
criteria. Holding down the Ctrl key for selecting or for deselecting
after
using Select All helps once you have messages in the Find Message
Window. To delete headers only you need to be Online and connected.
You can use the procedure to delete from single newsgroups or from
a news account.

Further information here:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#cleannews

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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