General News Reader Settings for the Fusion News groups:
- From the Tools menu choice select Options.
- Click the Send tab and un-check respond in same format option and check plain text for news groups.
- Click the Read tab and change the number of messages downloaded from 300 to 600 or un-check the box to download all messages regardless of how many.
- Click the Maintenance tab and change the number of days before deleting to at least 30. Outlook Express will remove old threads after a week if you do not change this setting. If you wish to retail all messages un-check the box. NOTE: This is a global setting and what you enter will be applied to all news servers and groups in your outlook express program.
- If you are resetting a news group and wish to download all messages in the group, un-check both the download Number of Messages and the number of days you wish to retain messages. All messages ever posted to that group will be downloaded (see tutorial on resetting groups)
Set your Outlook Express News Reader to post in plain text and un-check the option to respond in the same format as the original post. This is the proper way to post in a public newsgroup. Many people use dedicated news readers that cannot display html posts and will not be able to help you if you post in HTML. If you MUST make a post in HTML you can select the Format > Rich Text option from the individual message you are writing.
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