On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:02:39 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/12/2014 11:44 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:34:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/12/2014 11:17 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/12/14, 10:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/12/2014 10:35 AM, KC wrote:
On 2/12/2014 10:11 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Question for those using Thunderbird as a news reader.

If you delete a post, is there a way of getting it back?

They way mine is set, if I accidentally click on "delete", the post
disappears. It's not put in a trash folder (like e-mail). I've
clicked
on "Undo delete" in the Edit bar but that doesn't return the post to
the viewer.

I know I can probably go hunt for it in a cache or something but was
wondering if there is a setting to put deleted newsgroup posts in the
trash bin where it can be recovered.



Just drag and drop it from the trash, back to the in box. Or, right
click on the message in the trash list, and click "move to"... and click
the folder you want.


There is no "trash" folder for the newsgroup account. Only for the
email account.

I can't find a way to create one either.

My problem is accidentally clicking on "delete". When it's gone, it's
gone.




Go to VIEW, THREADS, and click on ALL. That might bring them back if you
haven't actually somehow deleted them from the server.



Doesn't seem to work. I tried right clicking on "r.boats" in the news
account and then on "Search messages" with both the subfolder and
server boxes checked. I entered the name of a thread in the subject
line. Nothing is returned. Looks like if you "delete" it really
means *delete*. I know you can click on "archive" and save the post.
My problem is I sometimes get a little over zealous in clicking on the
"delete".



Can't you go back and reload the past 'x' number of posts, or go back 'y' days worth of posts? Agent
will do that, which makes it pretty easy to retrieve a post.



I *think* that in Thunderbird you would need to do what Harry discussed.
You'd have to "unsubscribe" to rec.boats, then re-subscribe and define
the number of posts you want to download again. I think there's an
option for dates as well, but I can't remember.

No big deal. I was just wondering. I used to use Windows Mail and
Windows Live mail for reading newsgroups and you could retrieve deleted
posts using them. I stopped using them and went to Thunderbird, mainly
because of you. :-)

See if there's a 'Sample Headers' choice. Then you could tell it how many, or how many days. Maybe.