Re: newsgroups question

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From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 02/01/05


Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:59:18 -0800


"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@erols.com> wrote in message
news:ufHYZi$BFHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
> "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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-- 
     Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
        ~IB-CA~ 


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