"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"zarathustra" wrote in message
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PS Here's a screengrab of what I'm seeing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1/untitled.jpg
(I am, of course, attempting all known methods to 'get' these messages,
i.e.
pressing 'Get Next Headers', etc.)

While I usually don't see so many of them, I never use that server.
The
technical term is "ghost messages" and there really isn't much one can do
about it. I think it happens when the servers on a server farm get a little
out of synch, but I can't swear to it. They sometimes go away after a while
but then come back after a while. The messages really aren't therem there's
just a mismatch in message IDs.

Hi Frank, & thanks for your input. I don't believe they're 'ghosts' as my
own posts in this very group are not visible - even after resetting the whole
group & re-downloading all headers. Are you referring to the blueyonder
server? I haven't had this problem with it before, but will wait 24hours or
so before wailing further.

Thanks all for your input - this is a strange one...