WLM is the same as OE, uncheck Get xx headers at a time.
All unread messages will download.
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Ronald Sommer
"Trevor W" <TrevorW@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am really getting frustrated. Live Mail reports: there are 9057 messages
> not downloaded for a particular newgroup. I selected ALL MESSAGES for
> synchronization and it limits it to 300. So, I find the setup page and
> someone decided that nobody needs access to more than 1,000 - unless there
> is
> something I am misunderstanding because I change this:
>
> Tools>Options>Read>Get '1,000' headers at a time
>
> That seems to be a hard-coded limit for retreiving old messages. Why? Who
> decided that? Am I wrong? I NEED all 9057, not 1,000!!
>
> Why do I need them all?
>
> I am a support user of the newsgroup and support other users - they often
> refer to or need access to the "old" messages. A newsreader that is
> uncapable
> of retreiving all messages is simply worthless to me for obvious reasons,
> the
> messages not downloaded are completely inaccessible.
>
> I am hoping that my frustration is unwarranted and that there is some
> setup
> option - somewhere that will allow me to download - All - the actual
> messages
> and not have some arbitrary limit hard-coded into the product restrict me.
>
> Please... PLEASE... tell me there is away to get Live Mail to download all
> messages for a newsgroup????
>
> TIA
>