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Hi:

What causes all postings not to be in chronological sequence without skips
in dates? I have my Read Options applicable News set to get 300 headers at a
time and I do not get anywhere near that number when I click on a subscribed
Newsgroup.

When I view windowsxp.basics it starts with today's date and stops at
9/19/2007 and then begins again at 9/9/2007 and ends with 7/26/2007. I have
never been able to figure out how to get as many postings as I want and they
all be listed correctly by date without skipping dates etc.

Hopefully somebody can clue me in on what to do to resolve this problem.

Thanks
 
OE View > Current view > select "Show all messages" and uncheck "Show
replies to my messages" if checked.
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OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
 
Hi Pa Bear:

I have the check beside "Show All Messages" and nothing is checked by
"Show Replies To My Messages". My settings are exactly what you recommended.

Any other recommendations to this problem? Should I repost under
outlookexpress.general? I now realize that would have been the applicable
Newsgroup thanks to you. Sorry....

Thanks
 
1. OE Tools > Options > Read > Get XX headers at a time => uncheck this
option

2. OE Tools > Options > Maintenance > Delete read message bodies... & Delete
news messages... => uncheck both options

3. Right-click on the newsgroup(s) in question > Properties > Reset

4. Reopen the newsgroup(s) to download all messages on the server.
 
split threads and cross post replies may produce what you are describing i
think.



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





| Hi:
|
| What causes all postings not to be in chronological sequence without
skips
| in dates? I have my Read Options applicable News set to get 300 headers at
a
| time and I do not get anywhere near that number when I click on a
subscribed
| Newsgroup.
|
| When I view windowsxp.basics it starts with today's date and stops at
| 9/19/2007 and then begins again at 9/9/2007 and ends with 7/26/2007. I
have
| never been able to figure out how to get as many postings as I want and
they
| all be listed correctly by date without skipping dates etc.
|
| Hopefully somebody can clue me in on what to do to resolve this problem.
|
| Thanks
|
|
|
|
 
Ah, yes, especially if those replying to the thread in question didn't
continue the crosspost.
 
yeppers
:-)



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





| Ah, yes, especially if those replying to the thread in question didn't
| continue the crosspost.
| --
| ~PA Bear
|
| Rob Giordano (Crash) wrote:
| > split threads and cross post replies may produce what you are describing
i
| > think.
| >
| > | >> What causes all postings not to be in chronological sequence without
| >> skips
| >> in dates? I have my Read Options applicable News set to get 300 headers
| >> at
| >> a time and I do not get anywhere near that number when I click on a
| >> subscribed Newsgroup.
| >>
| >> When I view windowsxp.basics it starts with today's date and stops at
| >> 9/19/2007 and then begins again at 9/9/2007 and ends with 7/26/2007. I
| >> have
| >> never been able to figure out how to get as many postings as I want and
| >> they all be listed correctly by date without skipping dates etc.
| >>
| >> Hopefully somebody can clue me in on what to do to resolve this
problem.
| >>
| >> Thanks
|
 
Bear

If the missing messages are only a day or so earlier your remedy will
work but it can leave the users with many more messages than they need.
Selecting Tools, Get Next headers once or many times as is necessary can
avoid a large download.

--
Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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