If there is corruption of the settings in the Registry, exporting and
importing will not solve the problem.

Try creating a new Identity.
If that works, then import from the old Identity.
Delete the old Identity.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
: 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
:
:
: