Yes and yes.
You can have WLM automatically delete old posts after a certain time...
Tools - Options - Advanced - Maintenance
[x] Purge newsgroup messages in the background
[x] Delete news messages xx days after being downloaded
Create a rule
Tools - Message rules - Mail
New
1. [x] Where the From line contains people
2. [x] Delete it
[x] Mark it as read
3. click on "contains people"
in the box, type "gmail.com" (don't use a wildcard)
click on Add
ok
4. enter a name for this rule
ok
ok
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Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
"Joseph Meehan" <sligoNoSPAMjoe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#YnIB$fjIHA.1164@xxxxxx
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> Can I limit the messages downloaded and retained based on a total
> number by newsgroup or by age (like delete all messages over 4 weeks old)?
>
> Can I block or delete messages by rule using the sender's domain like
> "anyname.gmail.com"? ( like *gemail.com) without listing each individual
> name?
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> Joseph Meehan
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