Frustrating

[James Silverton]

Hello All!

This may not have any real relevance to this news group,
m.p.windowsxp.help_and_support, but OE6, using msnews.microsoft.com
shows 33 messages unread but none can be displayed. Downloading 300 more
doesn't help and while the count drops to zero with Catchup, the 33 are
back again on reopening the group. Any suggestions please.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Hello All!

This may not have any real relevance to this news group,
m.p.windowsxp.help_and_support, but OE6, using msnews.microsoft.com shows
33 messages unread but none can be displayed. Downloading 300 more doesn't
help and while the count drops to zero with Catchup, the 33 are back again
on reopening the group. Any suggestions please.

--


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

While in a newsgroup: View | Current View. Make sure Show All Messages and
Group Messages By Conversation are checked.

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. Then, right
click on the newsgroup in the Folder Tree | Properties | Local File | Reset.
Switch to another folder and then back and all available messages will be
downloaded again.

Or go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now and choose the group,
or server at the top and then Reset.

It would be a good idea to compact your folders when you're done.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

My personal preference is to disregard synchronizing and rather have OE
check for news when it checks for mail. Tools | Accounts | News. Check: "
Include this account...........".

 

[Bill in Co.]

You're not the only one seeing this, James. It has been happening in the
microsoft hardware group, too. Seems this problem started up within the
past couple of weeks, or so. (I've seen it happen before on occasion, and
eventually they seem to get around to fix it). Bottom line is I don't
think it's our problem, but is a problem with the MS server.

 

[Bill in Co.]

I would be interested in hearing if this fixes it for him too. I think
it's a problem at the MS server end, but I may be mistaken.

Hello All!

This may not have any real relevance to this news group,
m.p.windowsxp.help_and_support, but OE6, using msnews.microsoft.com shows
33 messages unread but none can be displayed. Downloading 300 more
doesn't
help and while the count drops to zero with Catchup, the 33 are back
again
on reopening the group. Any suggestions please.

--


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

While in a newsgroup: View | Current View. Make sure Show All Messages and
Group Messages By Conversation are checked.

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. Then, right
click on the newsgroup in the Folder Tree | Properties | Local File |
Reset.
Switch to another folder and then back and all available messages will be
downloaded again.

Or go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now and choose the
group,
or server at the top and then Reset.

It would be a good idea to compact your folders when you're done.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

My personal preference is to disregard synchronizing and rather have OE
check for news when it checks for mail. Tools | Accounts | News. Check: "
Include this account...........".
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

 

[Bruce Hagen]

That's the way I'm set up here, but now that I just used Catch-up. I'm
showing 16 not downloaded. It's the server.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

I would be interested in hearing if this fixes it for him too. I think
it's a problem at the MS server end, but I may be mistaken.

Hello All!

This may not have any real relevance to this news group,
m.p.windowsxp.help_and_support, but OE6, using msnews.microsoft.com
shows
33 messages unread but none can be displayed. Downloading 300 more
doesn't
help and while the count drops to zero with Catchup, the 33 are back
again
on reopening the group. Any suggestions please.

--


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

While in a newsgroup: View | Current View. Make sure Show All Messages
and
Group Messages By Conversation are checked.

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. Then, right
click on the newsgroup in the Folder Tree | Properties | Local File |
Reset.
Switch to another folder and then back and all available messages will be
downloaded again.

Or go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now and choose the
group,
or server at the top and then Reset.

It would be a good idea to compact your folders when you're done.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

My personal preference is to disregard synchronizing and rather have OE
check for news when it checks for mail. Tools | Accounts | News. Check: "
Include this account...........".
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

 

[db]

you may want to try microsoft's
live mail and see if the newsgroups
postings display ok in it.

you can run oe and mail live side
by side w/o any issues.

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