You can set up a new Identity, but then you will have to add all the
newsgroups again. I'd ignore it.

steve

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
PA Bear wrote:
Jeff wrote:
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
Here is a little more info on these to files.
The
microsoft.public.windows.internetexplorer.ie6_outl ookexpress(1).dbx.
has a size of 564 kb.
and a date modified as 5/18/07 8:45 AM
The
microsoft.public.windows.internetexplorer.ie6_outl ookexpress.dbx.
has
a size of 459 kb
and a date modified as 10/26/07 10:43 Am
Again thanks for any help.

(1) was created because the other one became corrupt. You can tell
because
of the dates which is the one in current use. You can delete the
one not in
use.

IIRC, you, Jim and I tested this several years ago and came to the
conclusion that the DBX file appended by a number is the file that
was /replaced/ (i.e., the older/corrupt file), not the file
currently used, Frank.

In any event, what Steve posted will correctly identify it:

QP
Right click on the newsgroup in the folder list and go to Properties
and it
will tell you the filename it is using and you can then delete the
other
one.
/QP
--
~PA Bear

I ran into the identical problem and discovered that by clicking on
properties as described I could find out which was the one being
used at present by OE. In my case, the DBX appended with the number
was always the current one, while the one without the appended
number was the one not used according to properties. I was able to
delete accordingly and all was well.

Left me with a cosmetic "problem". The files for some newsgroups are
now named "... (1).dbx" in my data folder. Purely for cosmetic
reasons it would be nice to rename them without the (1), but since
the properties shows that newsgroup linked to a file with the (1), I
am afraid that might really mess OE up. Any ideas? There seems to
be no way to point OE to a different filename for a particular
existing newsgroup.

So much for that theory (unless it doesn't apply to newsgroup DBX
files).
You can close OE and then delete "newsgroup (1).dbx" and all will be
well. However, you'll have to download all messages in that newsgroup
again and none of them will be remembered as being read by OE.

I assumed that would be the case, so I think I will live with the
"cosmetic problem" for now. Thought to ask in case you gurus knew I way
around this relatively minor problem.