I use OE 6 (winXP SP 2 and winXP SP3 RC) as a newsreader.
I'm doing some testing. There are two NNTP-servers over here, they don't
have exactly the same list of newsgroups (1 has an extended version), but
you can connect to them using the same servername (RRDNS).
So in the settings, you don't have to change a thing (let's say server A is
the old one and server B is the new one that has an extended list).
I have the list of newsgroups on server A (the one I always used before)
stored in the folders.dbx-file (folders.dbx lists newsgroups as separate
objects no matter whether you are subscribed to any of those or not).
The option 'reset list' fails when I try to get the list of newsgroups of
server
B (I force OE to use B via the hosts-file). OE hangs when the new list is
almost completely downloaded (but not on a specific newsgroup). The
application doesn't respond anymore.
In the event viewer, this message is displayed: "Hanging application
msimn.exe, version 6.0.2900.3264, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang
address 0x00000000."
If I close OE, delete the folders.dbx, restart OE and do a new 'reset list',
it works properly.

Any idea anyone? I'm trying to get this working because I want a seemless
migration for the users over here. With other newsreaders, it all works
nice.


Harry