Files still left on this newsgroup but can't read

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aalaan

Hi all

I've just finished reading all the unread postings on this ng. Before I
started there were 5 unread (5 was in bold in brackets) and nothing would
bring them up. Now I've gone through there are now 7 that I can't read. Why
is that?
 
aalaan said:
I've just finished reading all the unread postings on this ng. Before
I started there were 5 unread (5 was in bold in brackets) and nothing
would bring them up. Now I've gone through there are now 7 that I
can't read. Why is that?
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Ask in an Outlook Express newsgroup, since that's what you're using to post.
(Try Edit>Mark All as Read)
 
No, Brian. I'm using Outlook (2000)

Brian Tillman said:
Ask in an Outlook Express newsgroup, since that's what you're using to
post. (Try Edit>Mark All as Read)
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Outlook has no news group ability - it passes it off to Outlook Express, as
shown by your headers:

From: "aalaan" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook
References: <[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Files still left on this newsgroup but can't read
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 04:08:14 +1000
Lines: 17
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180
X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response
NNTP-Posting-Host: 60.241.134.211
X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 60.241.134.211
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1157738899 60.241.134.211 (9 Sep 2006
04:08:19 +1100)
Path:
TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTFEEDS02.phx.gbl!tornado.fastwebnet.it!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail
Xref: TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl microsoft.public.outlook:569296



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After furious head scratching, aalaan asked:

| No, Brian. I'm using Outlook (2000)
|
| ||
||| I've just finished reading all the unread postings on this ng.
||| Before I started there were 5 unread (5 was in bold in brackets)
||| and nothing would bring them up. Now I've gone through there are
||| now 7 that I can't read. Why is that?
||
|| Ask in an Outlook Express newsgroup, since that's what you're using
|| to post. (Try Edit>Mark All as Read)
|| --
|| Brian Tillman
 
Outlook Express 6, Brian.

Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but were you rapping my knuckles then? And
if so, why? I'm just trying to get an answer and you seem to be the most
knowledgeable here...

As far as I know I am accessing this newsgroup through my copy of Outlook
which is on the Office 2000 CD and now on my desktop. Does that somehow
route it through OE?
..
 
aalaan said:
Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but were you rapping my knuckles
then? And if so, why? I'm just trying to get an answer and you seem
to be the most knowledgeable here...
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I was "rapping your knuckles", since you insisted you were using Outlook
2000 for news when others told you you were really using Outlook Express. I
had you prove it to yourself so that you'd stop doubting those who knew
better.
As far as I know I am accessing this newsgroup through my copy of
Outlook which is on the Office 2000 CD and now on my desktop. Does
that somehow route it through OE?
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The so-called "Outlook Newsreader" is simply Outlook Express being run with
the /outnews command line switch, which slightly reskins Outlook Express and
removes the mail functionality for that particular instance. As such, the
proper place to ask questions, is, therefore, the Outlook Express newsgroup,
just as I and others told you. This newsgroup is not for Outlook Express
questions.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general is.
 
Thanks Brian. Please bear in mind that people post questions here because
they need to know something -- ie they are (at the moment) less au fait than
you are.

I thought I was using Outlook, because that's the icon I use to get into
this, in preference to OE which came with my OS, and which I rapidly stopped
using for email, perceiving it to be inferior.

If someone kind had told me that (and possibly how) I get automatically
re-routed to Outlook Express I would have understood.

The work you and other MVPs do is very much appreciated but do remember that
some people (like the hapless new poster the other day to whom you replied,
perhaps a bit tersely, with words to the effect of 'It's been asked and
answered dozens of time on this ng, you mutt') are, in comparison *new* and
less clued up than you. A bit of patience would not go amiss.

And now, if I haven't p*d you right off, perhaps you (or someone else) could
briefly explain *why* I get the OE newsreader when I go through Outlook
2000, and what to do about it..
 
And now I've got it! By selecting view | current view | show all messages I
can now access those 'locked out' ones. Can't think why only that newsgroups
had another option set. The rest of my subscribed groups did not need this.
Oh well, all's well that ends well...
 
aalaan said:
The work you and other MVPs do is very much appreciated
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Just to set the record straight, I'm not an MVP. However, I agree there are
great MVPs in this group. I'd like to know half what some of them
demonstrably know.
but do
remember that some people (like the hapless new poster the other day
to whom you replied, perhaps a bit tersely, with words to the effect
of 'It's been asked and answered dozens of time on this ng, you
mutt')
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I never said "you mutt".
are, in comparison *new* and less clued up than you. A bit of
patience would not go amiss.
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Everyone who uses a computer should be smart enough to seach before asking.
Many (most?) ISP home pages have "search the web" links. Certainly Google
is among the most famous. ven the web interface to these groups that
Microsoft offers has a search function.
And now, if I haven't p*d you right off, perhaps you (or someone
else) could briefly explain *why* I get the OE newsreader when I go
through Outlook 2000, and what to do about it..
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You haven't pissed me off. In fact, I would contend that's hard to do.

You get Outlook Express because that's the way Microsoft designed it.
Rather than add NNTP handling to Outlook, Microsoft wrote the News menu item
handling to call the newsreader configured in Internet Explorer's programs
settings. If that's Outlook Express, then OE is called with the /outnews
command line switch.
 
aalaan said:
BTW, I used to know a Tillman in London, young antique dealer in
Chelsea. Any relation?
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Nope (as far as I know). I'm told there's a Tillman's pub somewhere in
England (maybe London) as well. I had a sweatshirt with the pub's shingle
design on it.
 
OK Brian, got that. Thanks for the reply.

Brian Tillman said:
Just to set the record straight, I'm not an MVP. However, I agree there
are great MVPs in this group. I'd like to know half what some of them
demonstrably know.


I never said "you mutt".


Everyone who uses a computer should be smart enough to seach before
asking. Many (most?) ISP home pages have "search the web" links.
Certainly Google is among the most famous. ven the web interface to these
groups that Microsoft offers has a search function.


You haven't pissed me off. In fact, I would contend that's hard to do.

You get Outlook Express because that's the way Microsoft designed it.
Rather than add NNTP handling to Outlook, Microsoft wrote the News menu
item handling to call the newsreader configured in Internet Explorer's
programs settings. If that's Outlook Express, then OE is called with the
/outnews command line switch.
Click to expand...
 
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