To connect directly to this site, copy the following into your browser's
Address Bar. After this, you will no longer need to connect through the
CDO. You will use Outlook Express to access the NG.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...gen_discussion
However,
(1) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule to
delete posts older than, say, 10 days. Also check "stop processing more
rules".
(2) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a time".
(3) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.
(4) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

(Now, it is a bit tricky. When I click one of those things, it gets
right to it. One really need stop it & get that rule in. I do believe,
it will then not download older than the rule specifies.)

Posts older than 10 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resou...tm#setupmsnews
Manual Instructions to connect
http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/setupoe.htm Read this about it too
http://www.dts-l.org/ This too


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Mack" wrote in message
...
| This may sound really stupid but I can't figure out how to put this
forum
| into my Favorites. I get here by using this link:
| http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx,
| then have go through all the selections (English, Windows, Windows 98,
etc.)
| on the left of the screen under Community Newsgroups. How do I get
the
| address just for Windows 98 General or Windows 98 Outlook Express?
Thanks,
| --
| Mack