switching to newsgroups

12-13-2007

So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the
newsgroup pane.
I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group
which I do not check that often.
I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not going
to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I switch over
to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe the
last one I viewed.. But we should have control to where it opens ??

12-13-2007

This is a known bug. WLM currently remembers the last mail folder selected
between sessions but not the last news or RSS folder.

Thanks for using Windows Live Mail!

David

"dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the > newsgroup pane. > I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group > which I do not check that often. > I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not > going to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I > switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another > group, maybe the last one I viewed.. But we should have control to where > it opens ??

12-13-2007

As long as it doesn't land on the All News quick view folder, I don't care.
Prior builds had a tendency to do that to me, which means I was
locked out of doing anything for a minute or so while it loaded the
All News folder. Still wish I could unselect that useless folder.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

"David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C133B207-2FC7-451E-9F28-D5DD5C24DDC3@xxxxxx

Quote:

> This is a known bug. WLM currently remembers the last mail folder selected between sessions but not the last news or RSS
> folder.
>
> Thanks for using Windows Live Mail!
>
>
> David
>
>
> "dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the newsgroup pane. >> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group which I do not check that often. >> I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not going to read them, but because it often goes to the top >> group when I switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe the last one I viewed.. But >> we should have control to where it opens ??

>

12-13-2007

That behavior (defaulting to All news) was filed as a separate bug, and it
has been fixed for the next version.

David

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uapGhOdPIHA.5524@xxxxxx

Quote:

> As long as it doesn't land on the All News quick view folder, I don't
> care.
> Prior builds had a tendency to do that to me, which means I was
> locked out of doing anything for a minute or so while it loaded the
> All News folder. Still wish I could unselect that useless folder.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>
>
> "David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C133B207-2FC7-451E-9F28-D5DD5C24DDC3@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> This is a known bug. WLM currently remembers the last mail folder
>> selected between sessions but not the last news or RSS folder.
>>
>> Thanks for using Windows Live Mail!
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> "dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>>> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the >>> newsgroup pane. >>> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group >>> which I do not check that often. >>> I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not >>> going to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I >>> switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another >>> group, maybe the last one I viewed.. But we should have control to where >>> it opens ??

>>

>
>

12-13-2007

Hi, David.

Thanks!

It would be enough to make that selection optional. I don't really use it
and I'll be glad to see it gone. But it is interesting, sometimes, to read
all the new News posts in date/time sequence. If I read only a few NGs, I
might opt to keep that selection.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:560A2926-6442-4766-BCF0-06260951BCCE@xxxxxx

Quote:

> That behavior (defaulting to All news) was filed as a separate bug, and it
> has been fixed for the next version.
>
>
> David
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uapGhOdPIHA.5524@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> As long as it doesn't land on the All News quick view folder, I don't
>> care.
>> Prior builds had a tendency to do that to me, which means I was
>> locked out of doing anything for a minute or so while it loaded the
>> All News folder. Still wish I could unselect that useless folder.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>>
>>
>> "David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C133B207-2FC7-451E-9F28-D5DD5C24DDC3@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>>> This is a known bug. WLM currently remembers the last mail folder >>> selected between sessions but not the last news or RSS folder. >>> >>> Thanks for using Windows Live Mail! >>> >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> "dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx >>>> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the >>>> newsgroup pane. >>>> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop >>>> group which I do not check that often. >>>> I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not >>>> going to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I >>>> switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another >>>> group, maybe the last one I viewed.. But we should have control to >>>> where it opens ??

12-13-2007

"dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the > newsgroup pane.

I use the "compact Folder view" in which I have only the Outbox listed.
Then I use Ctrl-y to switch to my newsgroups.

	Quote:
	> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group > which I do not check that often. > I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not going > to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I switch over > to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe the > last one I viewed.. But we should have control to where it opens ??

I imagine you do could put whatever you want in that view too.

BTW if you just want to enter a particular newsgroup directly
you could create a Desktop shortcut which does that.
For example, to enter this newsgroup (assuming it is hosted by
your default server) you would code:

wlmail.exe /newsurl:news:microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

Etc.

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

12-14-2007

Thanks. Good to hear.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

"David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:560A2926-6442-4766-BCF0-06260951BCCE@xxxxxx

Quote:

> That behavior (defaulting to All news) was filed as a separate bug, and it has been fixed for the next version.
>
>
> David
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uapGhOdPIHA.5524@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> As long as it doesn't land on the All News quick view folder, I don't care.
>> Prior builds had a tendency to do that to me, which means I was
>> locked out of doing anything for a minute or so while it loaded the
>> All News folder. Still wish I could unselect that useless folder.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>>
>>
>> "David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C133B207-2FC7-451E-9F28-D5DD5C24DDC3@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>>> This is a known bug. WLM currently remembers the last mail folder selected between sessions but not the last news or RSS >>> folder. >>> >>> Thanks for using Windows Live Mail! >>> >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> "dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx >>>> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the newsgroup pane. >>>> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group which I do not check that often. >>>> I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not going to read them, but because it often goes to the >>>> top group when I switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe the last one I viewed.. >>>> But we should have control to where it opens ?? >>>

>>
>>

12-14-2007

I can't understand why anyone would want to read posts from different
newsgroups all jumbled up.
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:88AD6D63-0C93-4E93-94BA-ED733B9C3CB5@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hi, David.
>
> Thanks!
>
> It would be enough to make that selection optional. I don't really use it and I'll be glad to see it gone. But it is
> interesting, sometimes, to read all the new News posts in date/time sequence. If I read only a few NGs, I might opt to keep
> that selection.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:560A2926-6442-4766-BCF0-06260951BCCE@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> That behavior (defaulting to All news) was filed as a separate bug, and it has been fixed for the next version.
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uapGhOdPIHA.5524@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>>> As long as it doesn't land on the All News quick view folder, I don't care. >>> Prior builds had a tendency to do that to me, which means I was >>> locked out of doing anything for a minute or so while it loaded the >>> All News folder. Still wish I could unselect that useless folder. >>> >>> -- >>> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] >>> >>> >>> "David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C133B207-2FC7-451E-9F28-D5DD5C24DDC3@xxxxxx >>>> This is a known bug. WLM currently remembers the last mail folder selected between sessions but not the last news or RSS >>>> folder. >>>> >>>> Thanks for using Windows Live Mail! >>>> >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> "dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx >>>>> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the newsgroup pane. >>>>> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group which I do not check that often. >>>>> I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not going to read them, but because it often goes to the >>>>> top group when I switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe the last one I >>>>> viewed.. But we should have control to where it opens ??

>

12-14-2007

Wonderful!

--
...winston
ms-mvp windows live mail

"David [MSFT]" <dgould@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:560A2926-6442-4766-BCF0-06260951BCCE@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> That behavior (defaulting to All news) was filed as a separate bug, and it > has been fixed for the next version.

12-14-2007

"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#Y05cCiPIHA.5160@xxxxxx

Quote:

> "dwolf" <jojonospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#XIA9rcPIHA.5208@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>> So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the >> newsgroup pane.

>
>
> I use the "compact Folder view" in which I have only the Outbox listed.
> Then I use Ctrl-y to switch to my newsgroups.
>
>

	Quote:
	>> I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group >> which I do not check that often. >> I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not >> going >> to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I switch >> over >> to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe >> the >> last one I viewed.. But we should have control to where it opens ??

>
>
> I imagine you do could put whatever you want in that view too.
>
> BTW if you just want to enter a particular newsgroup directly
> you could create a Desktop shortcut which does that.
> For example, to enter this newsgroup (assuming it is hosted by
> your default server) you would code:
>
> wlmail.exe /newsurl:news:microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
>
> Etc.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>

I use XP and made this shortcut:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Mail\wlmail.exe"
/newsurl:news:microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
--
Ronald Sommer

12-13-2007	#1 (permalink)
dwolf Guest	switching to newsgroups So how can this be set up to go to a specific group when you go to the newsgroup pane. I have about 20.. and the one on the top of my list is a photoshop group which I do not check that often. I don't want to keep downloading messages from that group if I am not going to read them, but because it often goes to the top group when I switch over to groups they download.. and sometimes it opens on another group, maybe the last one I viewed.. But we should have control to where it opens ??

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