Re: Newsgroup problem

Is this happening with all newsgroups and servers, or just some? Did you uncheck Get XXX Headers?

FYI: Catch up doesn't download headers. It marks them all as read. From OE Help:

To mark messages as read

a.. To mark an individual message as read or unread, select the message. On the Edit menu, click Mark as Read or Mark as Unread.
b.. To mark all newsgroup messages as read when you quit Outlook Express or go to another newsgroup, on the Tools menu, click Options. On the Read tab, select Mark all messages as read when exiting a newsgroup.
c.. To mark all messages in a selected newsgroup as read, including messages not yet downloaded, select the newsgroup in the Folders list. On the Edit menu, click Catch Up.
This is handy, for example, when you return from vacation and don't want to download all unread messages, but want to start reading the current ones.

d.. To mark all the messages in a given newsgroup conversation as read, select either the original message or any of its replies. On the Edit menu, click Mark Conversation as Read.
A conversation is an original message and all its posted replies. Conversations are sorted and grouped according to the title of the original message. For example, a conversation that starts with a message titled "Ideas for Labrador owners" includes all of the replies, titled "RE: Ideas for Labrador owners."
-- Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
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"Stanley S. Glazer" <libstan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OLg4vWpUGHA.2444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Did that okay but still get erratic behaviour. Status bar shows many messages downloading but very few appear if any at all after clicking Catch Up. Stan
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eEtLM%23oUGHA.5900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My bad. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Stanley S. Glazer" <libstan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23mw4d8oUGHA.5148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In the Maintenance tab thre are no groups listed. Stan
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23$O8MyoUGHA.6048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In Tools | Options | Read - Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. In the Maintenance Tab, at the top, select the newsgroup(s) you want a then hit Reset.

You may want to do this first:

If you want to download newsgroups, but don't want hundreds, or thousands, of messages, you can create a message rule such as this:

Tools>Message Rules>News.

Box 1: Where the message was sent more than days ago
Box 2: Delete it & Stop processing more rules
Box 3: Click on "Days" and choose the # of days you want.
Name the rule.

It will only download the messages for the number of days you selected.

If this doesn't work, delete the news account and add it back. That can also become corrupted.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Stanley S. Glazer" <libstan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eVvAOooUGHA.4884@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I can no longer access any newsgroup messages. When I go to Properties on any newsgroup I find there are many messages there but when I open the message pane it says "There are no items in this view."
If I Right Click on a newsgroup and click Catch Up, once in a while the messages appear but usually don't. After I close out I again cannot access the messages.

Using XP Home w/SP2 and Outlook Express 6. TIA for any ideas.
Stan








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