You've broken the terms of the contract then. We now won't pay you...
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3500 messages!
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Just back from a week at the NEC and this list has 3587 unread messages. There is no way I can read that lot.
Mike
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? Dont?
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There's probably only the odd 87 worth reading if it's DIY you're interested in.
If, on the other hand, you like the ravings of rabid right wing fascists who enjoy the sound of their own voice you're in exactly the right place.
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There hasn't been much interesting in the last week anyway.
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Serves you right for going away - next time stay home.
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Well it's a very busy group. And the political chit-chat is a spicy side dish that keeps the place lively and ensures everyone visits frequently. If it were ever moderated, it would die.
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En el artículo , Muddymike escribió:
Create filters for the fuckwits like Wodney, Mr Macaw, harry, etc. and you'll probably get that down to 200.
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Collapse the threads, and just read those you are interested in.
Brian
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Why read everything? Try to learn the difference between email and news= .
Fuck off.
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In message , Brian Gaff writes
The titles are not fully informative....
I have just encountered the same problem although my newsreader presents them in the collapsed form. Madeira is still there for anyone interested:-)
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Collapse the threads, and just read those you are interested in.
They arrive collapsed so I already only read those that spark my interest.
Mike
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I got distracted from reading usenet postings for about a week or so around Christmas/New year and faced a similar situation. I'm still playing 'Catch Up'. Only a mere 1682 unread now.
The first thing to do is is to delete or ignore OT threads and any that have more than a 100 or so postings where it's quite obvious from the content of the OP why the thread has had such a large number of postings (usually due to a Trollfest) or where the subject line makes it clear that it's nothing you'd be interested in in the first place. After that, it's plain sailing dealing with the remaining 2000+ postings. :-(
The simple answer is to just delete the lot unread but it can be hard to resist the temptation to trawl through the dross in the hopes of finding 'gems'. Whatja gonna do?
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After struggling with the after effects on Pan of a VM news server cockup caused by "maintenance work" about three weeks a go, I collected just over 6000 postings to this NG when re-subscribing to collect the last 21 days' worth. That's just over 2000 posts a week to this NG!
I'm not going to scrutinise every thread before deleting wholesale, just take a quick peek in any like this one that I may have made a contribution to. Also, it'll help if I killfile the usual suspects as I see them reappear after having completely reset Pan (a 'Nuke & Repave' operation).
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I suspect it's downloaded everything on the server. Or have you checked dates to make sure they don't go back beyond three weeks?
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Nope, this NG *is* simply *that* busy (almost 300 posts a day!). :-(
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Lucky you, my VM feed is currently showing 36570 unread on uk-diy and even if I mark it as read it pops up again and has been doing this for several weeks.
Peter
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Blimey! That sounds like you've got the opposite problem to the one I had with Pan (it looks like you're using T/B). The timing's about right for it to be related to the message renumbering problem. Perhaps the solution's the same - unsubscribe then resubscribe (I suspect you'd need to mark all existing posts as 'Read' before deleting the lot prior to that action with maybe a restart of your news client thrown in for good measure).
I'm afraid I landed up taking a more extreme measure to fix Pan but I've finally got the unread posts figure down to 69 in this NG (that's after collecting some extra overnight postings this morning and 'reading' a good portion of them before reaching this thread).