Retrieve Messages in Batch Blocks | pan F ora
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| Forum Administrators and Moderators can have access to batch message retrieving.
| You can either select a range of complete threads to be retrieved, or view a batch of messages in chronological order (non-threaded) .
| Messages can be selected from specific groups or across all groups.
| This function can be useful for generating posting statistics or archiving messages.

To Retrieve Messages in Batch Blocks
| Select Retrieve Messages under [Maintenance] in the Menu Frame
| The Task Frame updates to display the Retrieve Messages in Batch Blocks options.

| Option 1 - Retrieve Selected Message Threads by Group
| This option allows you to retrieve complete threads by selecting a range of threads initiated by all users in a selected group.
| 1.Select the number of threads you would like to retrieve from the [Number of Threads] pull-down menu.
| 2.Select the thread number you would like to start counting the above number of threads.
| 3.Select the number of threads you would like to retrieve from the [Number of Threads] pull-down menu.
| Note: Thread numbers start from zero.
| 4.Select the group where the user who originated the message thread is assigned to, from the [Group] pull-down menu.
| 5.Click
| The Editing Frame will update to list all the postings in the selected threads.

| Option 2 - Retrieve All Messages by Group
| This option allows you to retrieve all messages posted by all users in a selected group.
| 1. Select a group from the Group pull-down menu to view all its messages
| 2.Click
| The Editing Frame will update to list all the postings in the selected group.

| Retrieving Selected Message Threads by Group
| All complete threads in the selected range of threads are displayed.
| Messages are sorted by date of the top message in the thread.
| Each message thread is visually separated from other threads by a color bar separator.
| Each thread is numbered and titled.
| In addition the following post-processing information is included:
| ID is the internal thread id.
| Topic is the topic that the thread was posted to.

| Retrieving All Messages by Group
| All messages in the selected group are displayed in chronological order.
| Each message is visually separated from other messages by a color bar separator.
| Each thread is numbered and titled.
| In addition the following post-processing information is included:
| Time of post (Unix time of Post)
| MessageID is the internal message id
| Topic is the topic that the message was posted to.

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