How to reduce news files stored by Opera

Hi,

.mbs news files accumulate in the store folder at an alarming rate.

I did limit view  period to a month or even 1 week but .mbs files have not  
shrunk.

Is there a setting to control the storage period?

Must I delete the Newsgroup and recreate it to clean up the "store".
If,  
on a fast internet connection when you add a Newsgroup, by the time you  
jump on setting: View | Diplay and set it to less than Forever (it seems  
to default to) you already have a tonne of  messages listed

Thanks in advance
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:14:27 +1300, Alain Caillet <AA-Caillet@orange.fr> 

wrote:

> Hi,
>
> .mbs news files accumulate in the store folder at an alarming rate.
>
> I did limit view  period to a month or even 1 week but .mbs files have  
> not shrunk.

The time setting only provides a filtered view of what's there, it doesn't  
remove non-matching items.
>
> Is there a setting to control the storage period?

No - it is always "forever"
>
> Must I delete the Newsgroup and recreate it to clean up the
"store". If,  
> on a fast internet connection when you add a Newsgroup, by the time you  
> jump on setting: View | Diplay and set it to less than Forever (it seems  
> to default to) you already have a tonne of  messages listed
>
No, all you do occasionally is delete unwanted messages then empty trash.
(With most rss feeds I delete as I go, but I purge news every couple of  
months.)

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