You can specify how many days to keep an article in a newsgroup list after you have downloaded it from the server. You can set the article bodies (the full text of an article) to expire before the article header. You can retrieve the article body as long as the article header remains on the newsgroup.
To set the article expiry
1. In the Group List window, click Options, Expire Options.
2. Type the number of days to wait before expiry beside any of the following:
Article Bodies Read
Article Bodies Unread
Article Headers Read
Article Headers Unread
Notes
The default expiry for each type of article is five days.
For information about accessing the Group List window, see "Using news servers."