@jo: "I want to ask about "Kill Articles Crossposted To More Than" entry 
in the MISC tab of Xnews.
If I set this entry to '2' then does this mean that *all* articles 
which are posted to more than 2 groups will not have the header 
displayed by Xnews?  In other words I will never ne shown the 
header of articles crossposted to 3 or more groups.
ALTERNATIVELY - maybe this means that Xnews will let me see the 
header (and get the article) in the two groups I enter in which the 
post occurs but Xnews will not let me see the header in any 
subsequent groups which I may enter.
Can someone tell if it is one of these two.
John
BTW - I read changes.txt anout MaxXPostKill and it says something 
about subscribed groups.  I think I had better understand which of 
the two ways above it is working in first!"
    @jo: "<quote>
I would love to get what you describe in tha paragraph immediately 
above this sentence.
Unfortunately I do not get to SEE the headers of crossposted 
articles in other groups.  Crossposted headers in subsequent groups 
just do not show.
It makes it hard for me to see how a given thread in a given group 
joins up.  Even if I display all articles in a given group I might 
not be able to see the headers immediately before a 
particular header in the same thread.
Could some other Xnews setting be causing this behavior?  (I have 
got Hardkill set to OFF.)"
    @me: "While talking to the fat hobbitses John C Salp said...
<quote>
That is the action you are getting.
They don't show because they are marked as read before you download 
them.
If you don't use this built-in function you can use the score file to 
kill all or selected cross-posts in all or selected groups.  Read the 
thread titled "Filtering cross-posts?" that is active now.  There is 
a method layed out that will score all cross-posts, but you will have 
to be specific about your requirements if you need help adjusting it.
    	Mike "I love it when problems come together" Yetto
"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free
government ought to be to trust no man living with power to
endanger the public liberty."
    - John Adams "
    @me: "<quote>
I don't fully understand your problem, but you can use the first icon in 
the rightmost section of the toolbar to Retrieve Parent (the immediately 
preceding article in the thread) or with Ctrl to Reconstruct the entire 
Thread. I believe the latter requires your server to support XPAT. 
Martin S."
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