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I use Thunderbird as my newsgroups client. My regular newsgroups are
accessed and read generally twice a day.

Then once in awhile I'll wish to review all received messages sorted to
a specific term. All of a sudden it seems the messages I dowloaded and
previously read are no longer recognized as Thunderbird searches for a
match.

Why can't it find read messages? I want the bodies of messages I've
read downloaded PERMANENTLY. So easy back when I used Agent. Can't
Thunderbird do the same?

Jim wrote:

> I use Thunderbird as my newsgroups client. My regular newsgroups are
> accessed and read generally twice a day.
>
> Then once in awhile I'll wish to review all received messages sorted to
> a specific term. All of a sudden it seems the messages I dowloaded and
> previously read are no longer recognized as Thunderbird searches for a
> match.
>
> Why can't it find read messages? I want the bodies of messages I've
> read downloaded PERMANENTLY. So easy back when I used Agent. Can't
> Thunderbird do the same?

To search a newsgroup's headers, select View > Threads > All before
doing the search.

If you want a newsgroup's message bodies on your hard drive, click File
> Offline > Download/Sync Now and select the newsgroups you want to
download. You can use the same menu to get messages you've flagged.

Do you use a dialup or broadband connection?

Doug G wrote:

> To search a newsgroup's headers, select View > Threads > All before
> doing the search.
>
> If you want a newsgroup's message bodies on your hard drive, click File
> > Offline > Download/Sync Now and select the newsgroups you want to
> download. You can use the same menu to get messages you've flagged.
>
> Do you use a dialup or broadband connection?

I use broadband. My routine has been using the Download/Sync all along
with message retention set to keep all messages. That's why I'm puzzled
as these messages were previously retrieved and read. Perhaps a glitch
in how they are actually being stored.

Jim wrote:
> Doug G wrote:
>
>> To search a newsgroup's headers, select View > Threads > All before
>> doing the search.
>>
>> If you want a newsgroup's message bodies on your hard drive, click
>> File > Offline > Download/Sync Now and select the newsgroups you want
>> to download. You can use the same menu to get messages you've flagged.
>>
>> Do you use a dialup or broadband connection?
>
>
> I use broadband. My routine has been using the Download/Sync all along
> with message retention set to keep all messages. That's why I'm puzzled
> as these messages were previously retrieved and read. Perhaps a glitch
> in how they are actually being stored.
>

No, the idea of downloading for offline use is not storing all
messages, its simply a cache file updated every time you synch with the
newsgroup.

If you want to use the Search function on ONLY your downloaded messages,
then go offline when doing so.

The 'cache' copy of the newsgroup will be affected if you ever run into
a cancel and choose the 'expire all' option, it will remove any
messages not currently on the server.
If you are really looking to archive the group, then archive it in
another folder. As it is, the current folder is simply a 'cache' file
for the newsgroup.