"Jake" wrote in message
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If this is not the correct forum for this question please redirect me.

I am trying to get a better understanding of how newsgroup messages are
downloaded and handled. I have several different identities/users on a few
different systems that sometimes subscribe to same groups on the same
computer. In one ID for example all the new messages appear with and
maybe on or two will be the original but most are not. All that is seen are
replies and never the original post.


That could be just a reflection of how old the opening posts are.
E.g. some newsgroups just have discussions under a few Subjects.
In addition it could be a reflection of how frequently the server that
you are connected to flushes its cache.


On another ID with the same group the originals are seen
and everything seems normal.


Pick a better server; get better retention policies... ; )


There are other abnormalities like an indication that there are unread posts
but all have been read and none appear new.


That's a common symptom of a news server sending an illogical "estimate"
of how many messages there are to download (e.g. more than are possible
in the range it shows) and OE proving that it can do arithmetic...


One thread I started can be seen on a group but when the ID is changed
that post does not show on the same group.


Does different ID mean different server too? Then, again, it could just be
a reflection of the different quality of message retention between two servers.


I have
tried unsubscribing and resubscribing but this condition does not change. I
have unchecked Synchronize to see if this had any effect but nothing seems
to clear this up. I tried reset and downloading again but still no joy. I
tried adding another account with duplicate settings and all the new posts
start with once again on the new account. I tried compacting and
everything I can find but I am lost as to how to fix this problem.

I will be very thankful if anyone has any idea of what can be done.


Use OE's troubleshooting log for News to check that OE is getting all
that each news server is offering. If you like you can either use a different
news reader or telnet 119 to confirm those observations.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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TIA

Jake