Did you uncheck Get XXX headers at a time? If not, do that followed by a
Reset & then Compact. Make sure the correct newsgroup/server is selected at
the top of the Clean Up Now box.

If still no joy, removing & reinstalling the news account may be the answer.
In Tools | Accounts | News, you can export the settings. Reboot and then
import the settings. That, at least will make it less painful.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Tommy McClure" tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com wrote in message
...
I had some messages lost in a ng, and decided to reset it with maintenance
cleanup / reset. I cannot redownload the headers or whole messages in this
group. Also a message posted to this group does not show up.

I have tried deleting the dbx file also. Tried closing and restarting OE.
I
know the messages are there as Xnews downloads the headers each time it is
opened.

any suggestions appreciated. I hope I don't have to delete and reinstall
the
newsserver. That's the only thing I haven't tried.

Tommy