"Sunny" wrote in message
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WinXP SP2 and OE Ver 6.0.2900.2180 with latest updates.
I use a free News Server "Motzarella" as well as my ISPs News Server, to
back up a couple of news groups.
(The ISP News Server fails now and then).

I have a problem downloading one of the news groups through Motzarella,
each time I try, OE stops with "not responding".
(there are approx 3000 messages to download)
I have tried :
Synchronising - headers only (with and without get 300 messages set)
Not synchronising and "download with preview pane"
Subscribing and unsubscribing the offending NG and closing/opening OE (and
rebooting)

Latest attempts managed to download some headers, but then the "not
responding" feature kicked in again.


Just as a test, create a new Identity, set up the news account and subscribe
to only that one newsgroup and see how it behaves. If it's okay, go back to
the other Identity. delete that newsgroup then close OE and restart it, then
subscribe back to it and see how that works.


What's next, a chicken sacrifice at midnight ? :-)


Did you also have the beads, a cigar and a priest handy? :-)



Other news groups behave OK with OE


Could be just a corrupt dbx file.