Re: OE6 throws away newsgroup postings

From: Tom Koch (spamtrap_at_insideoe.tomsterdam.com)
Date: 09/20/04


Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:57:05 +0200

In news:ciltg8$1b2r$1@news.cybercity.dk,
Mikl <spamikl@post.cybercity.dk> typed:
> When I'm done reading a news group and leaves it, I've set OE up to
> mark all remaining headers as read. It usually works fine, but
> sometimes it leaves some unread. It marks the newsgroup name with
> bold and a number of unread postings in parentheses. If I return to
> the newsgroup, I can't see any unread.
>
> But I can find threads that miss postings when comparing to Google
> groups or just by the fact that I can see people answering postings I
> don't have in my list.
>
> I don't have any filters set up. Am I the only one with this
> problem?? It's been bugging me for a long time!
>
> /Mikkel

The most common reason for missing news messages is having the download
limit turn on. That setting is really best used only the first time you
visit a group, and then turned off again. Tools|Options|Read, "get 300
headers at a time".

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