Is this in the FAQ? Seems like it should be

The technique I use for crusing the current onslaught is a IE link button which does a search for the past 24 hrs of msgs. Just reading backward through them until the last thread I read will keep me fairly current.

Granted I won't catch everything there, but if the title or author catches my eye, I'll look further. I do wish that I could set up the board to default by showing me the selected message and all replies in Flat mode when they are selected from the Search results. The Flat setting seems to only apply to messages read out of the standard forum selections...

I will look into your settings and see where they get me. Thanks again Tony for yet another pertinent post!