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>> For now, thread map and the selection of the desire messages seems to be a safe way.
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>So what steps do I follow if I want to see all the messages in a thread? Or 15 of the messages anyway. I don't follow...

Here is how I now do it. Click on View map button, click on select all. Click on view. Get an error message, so start unchecking until you get about 15 messages.