"StainlessSteelRat" wrote in message
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Hi folks,

Over the years of using OE6, and having reinstalled a few times, I've found
on occasion that for no obvious reason the unread count of groups will be
incorrect. That is I've set the groups to synchronise, and I see an unread
count, but when I enter the group there are a different number of messages
there.

I would really like to avoid flattening OE6 and the news database I have to
fix it. Does anyone know of a workaround for this bug?


Use the troubleshooting log for news first to prove that there is a problem.
Often the case is that it's just that the server is sending an illogical "estimate"
and OE proving that it can do arithmetic. If that's the case there is nothing
you can do except ignore the symptom and hope that the server stops
sending such a response.


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