I use Free Agent.
It keeps a long history of threads in each group.
So fresh posts are easy to lose.
Today I saw a question about caulking lights in alloy frames.
But I had stepped on.
So I scanned back.
Couldn't see it from the subject, so I gave up.
Descriptive subject lines are helpful.

Brian W

Brian Whatcott wrote:

I use Free Agent.
It keeps a long history of threads in each group.

See Group / Default Properties / What to Purge to cut the history down
if you want to.

So fresh posts are easy to lose.

Sort them by date - - - or can't you in the free version?

Today I saw a question about caulking lights in alloy frames.
But I had stepped on.
So I scanned back.
Couldn't see it from the subject, so I gave up.
Descriptive subject lines are helpful.

Agreed!

TomT

x-no-archive:yes TomT wrote:

Brian Whatcott wrote:

I use Free Agent.
It keeps a long history of threads in each group.
So fresh posts are easy to lose.

Sort them by date - - - or can't you in the free version?

Today I saw a question about caulking lights in alloy frames.
But I had stepped on.
So I scanned back.
Couldn't see it from the subject, so I gave up.
Descriptive subject lines are helpful.

Agreed!
Note: I use Agent and not Free Agent - I think Agent is worth the
piddling amount of money that it would take to upgrade.

I try to delete the posts as, or shortly after I read them unless
there is useful information that I may want to keep. If I want to
keep something I put a Keep on it (which puts a little symbol like a
padlock). Then periodically I delete everything else.

I must confess I am egocentric enough that I put an automatic Watch on
those threads where I've posted something, so that in active groups I
can go see if someone has answered me.

The real problem for me is when someone uses a thread title that is
the same as some previous thread on a post that I've kept.

grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/

x-no-archive:yes
Rosalie B. wrote:

Note: I use Agent and not Free Agent - I think Agent is worth the
piddling amount of money that it would take to upgrade.

Rosalie - I assume you were replying to Brian. In any case, I agree.

Since I've got your attention for a moment, let me thank you for your
informative posts. It's obvious you're often really "out there".

TomT

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:27:49 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:

/// I use Agent and not Free Agent - I think Agent is worth the
piddling amount of money that it would take to upgrade.

///

grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/

Hi Rosalie,
as you surmised, the 'sort by date' option is disabled in Free Agent.

I enjoy the facility of referring back over a long thread, and that
dissuades me from wholesale deletions - until the NG gets unwieldy.

Brian W