"Bill Ridgeway" wrote in message
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When I log in in the morning, the number of unread message in a newsgroup
(any newsgroup) is shown as, say, 900 but, on refreshing that number is
reduced to, say, 200..

Just out of curiosity, what is happening here?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway



When checking mail on the assigned schedule OE gets an estimate of the
number of new messages based on the latest message ID in the DBX file for
the newsgroup and the latest message ID on the server. Once you enter the
newsgroup it downloads the headers and gives you the correct number. The
estimate can be way off especially if you access a different server on a
server farm and they are out of synch.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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