In case anyone is honestly confused, the display of messages you get by default is all those messages posted or refreshed in the last 24 hours. You can set the span of time at 1, 3, 7 days, or various MUCH longer periods.

Now, it seems clear to me that Max has been away for the holidays, and the dread virus (whatever its name is) that's been making problems for Mudcat attacked, and Max wasn't there to save Mudcat's bacon. So Mudcat was off line for what, maybe three days? And all of the existing messages, not getting refreshed with new blood, so to speak, got old enough to not show up in the default 24 hour display.

Dave Oesterreich