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. On another ID with the same group the
originals are seen and everything seems normal. There are other
abnormalities like an indication that there are unread posts but all have
been read and none appear new. 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. 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.

TIA

Jake