Ok, now I'm lost[]/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/]. Maybe it's late, but I don't quite understand this. The default setting comes from the config file, and I have it set to the past 7 days for here. So, it's not reading the whole thing now, only threads active within the past 7 days. Once you edit your profile it goes by your setting in your profile, where I have mine set for the past 2 days (much quicker to load on my lowly 28.8 modem). Users that have not logged in, or that have not edited their profile will get the setting from the config file.
Or maybe I just totally missed what you were talking about, which very well could be[]/w3timages/icons/wink.gif[/].
