As soon as I List Unread, I back up to my newsgroup menu window and quickly
Mark Read rec.radio.shortwave.

Then, what I don't read during the session won't come up the next session.

Bill, K5BY

That was exactly what I was trying to do, having OE mark all messages read
when leaving the newsgroup. It worked some of the time, but other times, I
would open the newsgroup and while I was reading messages, I would get an
email that needed my immediate attention. And when I closed my newsreader,
all the messages were marked read and I would lose my place when I went back
to it.

Thanks for everyone's help. And thank you Paul for coming up with the idea
of using a news proxy. That makes a lot of sense, because my anti-viral
software already filters my email through a proxy, so why couldn't a news
group be treated the same way?

I'm going to try it to see what happens. Thanks again to everyone who
offered their expertise.

It worked some of the time, but other times, I would open the newsgroup and
while I was reading messages, I would get an email that needed my immediate
attention. And when I closed my newsreader, all the messages were marked read
and I would lose my place when I went back to it.

That used to happen to me unintentionally several years ago. I used to haunt a
large AOL news forum and, for a while, AOL would cut us off ramdomly. To
counter that, I would at the beginning just ask for the last day's worth, read
or unread, and then mark everything read as I left the session. That would get
rid of anything older than one day.

Bill, K5BY