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I needed a newsreader, so I attempted to set up outlook express to read
microsoft.public.excel.misc. I connect without any problem, but the
threads which are downloaded are incomplete. e.g. Often I will see a
response but not the original posting. It is not a timing issue. I'm
missing perhaps half of the postings and there is no obvious pattern as
to which parts of a thread will be downloaded.

I also tried Free Agent with similar, although slightly better results.


The ISP (Bigpond) says the connection is there so it is not their
issue. Microsoft didn't suggest a cause, a solution or a path to
investigate.

Any ideas on how to fix or to identify the cause?

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