[OReilly]

Well, I spent a lot of time figuring out how to move to a second thread, and then did it, but the thread was pulled with a very nice message.... please try to keep one thread... Duh, ok, but it takes 10 minutes to refresh with a 56K modem...

Maybe there is something I don't understand, since this is the first time I did this...

[Publius6961]

Maybe there is something I don't understand, since this is the first time I did this...

Yes, there is...
Set your preferences to just 50 post groups, then the total thread size doesn't matter.

I save them in 50-post groups too; with a 56k modem

[Bob]

Duh, ok, but it takes 10 minutes to refresh with a 56K modem...

How have you got your "My Preferences" set up? It certainly shouldn't take that long to download 20 or 50 posts.

You can limit the number of posts to 20, 50, 100 or 250 per page. It sounds like you've got the value set too high.

[lodwick]

Try going to your FR preferences and selecting Show 20 posts at a time. The default is 50, and if we start using graphics, it can really choke a dial-up connection.

Hang in there.