There is no hard-coded limit. I've downloaded over 20,000 headers at a
time. All you need to do is uncheck that option "Get xx headers at a time".
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"Trevor W" <TrevorW@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C907C3A8-41EA-4BEC-B497-943FE9D414D2@xxxxxx
Quote:
> The previous suggestion did not work, but I did get an answer:
>
> 1. Open Windows Live Mail
> 2. Go to "Newsgroups"
> 3. Click on the newsgroup to highlight it
> 4. Click on "Tools"
> 5. Click on "Get next 1000 headers" (NOTE: the number 1,000 is set as I
> described in my original post, the default is 300)
> 6. Repeat step 5 until Windows Live Mail downloads all the messages
>
> BTW: If anyone with any influence with future updates reads this:
>
> Discovery of how to acheive what I needed is terrible:
>
> 1. There should be no hard-coded limit (why?)
> 2. There should be a simple context menu option when a newsgroup is
> highlighted to "Download all messages"
>
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Trevor W wrote: Quote:
>> > 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
>> ==================================
>> Try the following...
>>
>> Select a newsgroup and go to...
>> Tools / Synchronize newsgroup
>>
>> You may have to select it more than
>> once to make the screen appear that
>> allows you to choose:
>>
>> Get the following items / All messages / OK
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> MS Digital Media MVP
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>>
>>