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>>>Actually, that does raise a question...how do you guys watch the new messages?(is Sergey listening?) Do you refresh your session often, so that the "New Messages" section only has a few messages at a time? Does my question make any sense?
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>>Yes (if I've time to answer) and Yes. :)
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>Can't you miss messages that way (at least in the bottom part of the screen)? I tried that approach one day. The next day, I saw a thread that I had somehow completely missed the day before (and it was a particularly interesting one).

You're right again. That's where 'Get all mesages for today' comes into play at the end of the day.