Re: OE6 hiding messages

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From: Gerry Cornell (gcjc_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:30:34 -0000

A factor in storing messages is the time news messages are held on the news server. Practice varies from server to server. Microsoft were holding for 90 days but there have been reports that this has been reduced for some groups to 60 days. Generally other servers hold messages for lesser periods, even as little as 24 hours. A design feature of Outlook Express is that when a newsgroup is synchronised a comparison is made of messages held on your computer with those held on the server. Messages not previously downloaded are downloaded according to certain rules and any messages which have expired on the server are removed from the user's computer. The only way for the user to prevent removal is not to synchronise the group or to move or copy the messages to a local mail folder before they expire on the server.

Create Archive News Folders as sub-folders of Local Folder. Move or copy news messages to these folders before they expire on the server. To create folders place cursor on Local Folder and select File, Folder, New. If you decide to use the Move command you need to select Edit, Find, Message whilst Online ( preferably not connected ), use before "date" as search criteria, select messages, right click to obtain the Move to Folder command and point to the newly created Archive folder.

You can set up a free account with the Microsoft server by double clicking the two links provided below whilst within Outlook Express:

Add MS News Server to your OE with news://msnews.microsoft.com/

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outloookexpress 

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Hope this helps.
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"hmc" <ciaochou2@yahoo.smooth.com> wrote in message news:uRPLJmk%23DHA.3176@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> For some reason OE6 is hiding messages. I don't have any of the 'hide
> message' options checked in the View menu. It's 'Show All Messages'. But
> messages I've posted are not showing up. They'll be there the day I post
> them, but if I go back a couple days later they can't be found--the original
> post as well as the replies. I could resend them, but I would still lose all
> those replies. Any ideas?
> 
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> remove "smooth" from my yahoo.com address.
> 
>

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