Find: how to go to thread containing NG message in Find results?

I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the watch
column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.

When you find the reply you are interested in, look at the complete subject
and then search that. You can also flag the reply and it will be flagged in
the newsgroup.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
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I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the
watch column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.

Your search results should list any/all messages with "foobar" in the
subject, assuming the messages have been downloaded into OE.

Tools | Options | Read | Get XXX headers at a time

The default is 300. You may set this option as high as 1,000. Right-click
on the newsgroup in Folders pane | Synchronization Settings | select New
Messages Only. Now every time you open the newsgroup (or hit F5), you will
download the next-newest set of headers/messages..

When you feel you've downloaded enough headers/messages, again right-click
on the newsgroup in Folders pane and select Catch Up Now. This will Mark as
Read all messages on the server, including ones you've not yet downloaded.
Now return to "Get XXX headers at a time" and uncheck the option completely;
then compact the folder.

From now on, OE will only download headers/messages posted to the server
since you last checked (polled) for messages.

You should probably visit this page, too:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#cleannews (lotsa good stuff
there).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


WhatsUp31415 wrote:
I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the
watch
column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.

Do you have a Flag column in the folder message list?
Setting the flag for a message in Find sets the flag in the message list.
Clicking on the Flag header, sorts the messages by the Flag column.

It may be better to add Watch / Ignore to the Find results columns.
--
Ron Sommer

"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
...
I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the
watch column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
You can also flag the reply and it will be flagged
in the newsgroup.

That's what I thought, too. But it is not, as I noted in my original
message.

Is there some trick to seeing the flag in the pane that displays all the
messages in the newsgroups (not the Find results pane)?

Aha! By default, the Flag column is not displayed. I discovered I can add
the Flag column by right-clicking on the title line of the message pane.

Moreover, if the flag is set on a response, it does not appear unless the
thread (grouped messages) is expanded. Since I don't know what thread to
expand a priori (klunk!), I need to set "Automatically expand grouped
messages" under Tools Options Read, not my normal mode of operation.

Thanks for helping me to see the errors in my ways.


----- original message -----

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
When you find the reply you are interested in, look at the complete
subject and then search that. You can also flag the reply and it will be
flagged in the newsgroup.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
...
I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the
watch column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.

Add Watch/Ignore to Find as Ron suggested.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
...
"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
You can also flag the reply and it will be flagged
in the newsgroup.

That's what I thought, too. But it is not, as I noted in my original
message.

Is there some trick to seeing the flag in the pane that displays all the
messages in the newsgroups (not the Find results pane)?

Aha! By default, the Flag column is not displayed. I discovered I can
add the Flag column by right-clicking on the title line of the message
pane.

Moreover, if the flag is set on a response, it does not appear unless the
thread (grouped messages) is expanded. Since I don't know what thread to
expand a priori (klunk!), I need to set "Automatically expand grouped
messages" under Tools Options Read, not my normal mode of operation.

Thanks for helping me to see the errors in my ways.


----- original message -----

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
When you find the reply you are interested in, look at the complete
subject and then search that. You can also flag the reply and it will be
flagged in the newsgroup.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
...
I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the
watch column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.

What is your name?
"WhatsUp31415" wrote in message
...
I use Find to search for a newsgroup thread with "foobar" in the subject
line. It finds many, one of which is the one I'm interested in.

I can double-click on that line in the Find results to see the message.

How can I go to the thread that contains that message?

Also, what's the use of setting the flag in the Find results?

It does not seem to set anything in the newsgroup folder, like in the
watch column. So it does not seem to help me find the thread.