Re: Help requested with newsgroups

Okay, thanks. I'll try that.

MaryL


"Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

It simply catches you up so that all posts are downloaded. No, it would
not affect your threads marked for follow-up.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"MaryL" <stancole1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I set the maximum number for downloading (1,000). However, I have never
synchronized. It has never been clear to me what that would do. The help
files seem to refer to synchronization for offline reading. Can you
clarify what it does? Would that affect the files I have checked for
follow-up?

Thanks,
MaryL

"Rick Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Likely you are not downloading enough headers. Under tools/options/read
tab, uncheck the line to download xx headers (where xx is defaulted to
300, but can be changed). Then synchronize the group (it may take some
time initially).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"MaryL" <stancole1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't know if this is the correct newsgroup for this question. If
not, I would appreciate it if you can direct me to the correct one.

I use OE to read newsgroups (Win XP-Home Edition). My server is
news.cox-internet.com. A frequent problem I have is that if someone
inadvertently uses the same title for a thread as one that has been
used in the past, that thread will not show up on the newsgroup -- my
reader seems to act as if it is an old, expired thread, but I can see
the message if I use google. In fact, it happened to one of my own
messages, which is what "inspired" this question. I used Ping: Name of
Person, but that person had been pinged some time ago. The result was
that my own message did not appear on my reader, and I had to go
through google to look for a response.

Is there any way around this? Have I set something incorrectly?

Thanks,
MaryL








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