Re: newsgroups question

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: James Silverton (not.jim.silverton_at_erols.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:54:35 -0500

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
news:OVtST19BFHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Remove the check mark to get XXX headers at a time and you will get
> all posts that are available, and it will download new messages when
> it checks for mail.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
> ~IB-CA~
>
> "Matt" <surpluss.nospam@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:367mbmF4r2p0sU1@individual.net...
>> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:O1vT8r9BFHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> It checks for both at the same time.
>>> --
>>> Bruce Hagen
>>> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
>>> ~IB-CA~
>>>
>> The something must be wrong with mine (or perhaps I'm not
>> explaining the situation properly) because I can post to a
>> newsgroup but to see my post show up I have to go to another NG
>> and then come back to the one I posted to... and to see replies to
>> my post I either have to do the same thing or go to Tools>Get next
>> 300 headers. I can view a newsgroup all day and the posts won't
>> change.
>>
I did just that, removed the check mark. At 7:47 I sent a message to
myself. I check every two minutes and at 7:49 the message appeared but
there was absolutely no change in the numbers of unread newsgroup
messages. I checked this by "synchronizing' and the numbers increased
as expected. 

-- 
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA

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