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Louise wrote:
Hi there,

I am having a problem with old newsgroup messages in Outlook Express 6 on
Windows XP SP2.

I have these settings in Tools Options Maintenance set;

[Ticked] Delete read message bodies in newsgroups.
[Ticked] Delete news messages 2 days after being downloaded.

The messages do not go, they hang around forever!!!

As others have said, neither of those options will delete message headers,
and it only happens when you compact all OE folders or automatic compating
kicks in.

Have also tried the Windows repair thing (Start Run sfc /scannow
press
ENTER.) as per MS's site and that did nothing, not even a message, but
took
a good 10 minutes or so to run.

There was no reason to run scannow, and that's about how long it takes to
run it.

Nothing seems to have made a difference and yet everything else works
fine.
Except one newsgroup (even though I have clicked 'Catch Up') still tries
to
download *all* the thousands of messages every now and then!?

You'll either have to delete the headers and messages manually or use a
manually applied News rule periodically to do it ("Where the message was
sent XX days ago, ...Delete it").

If you do a Catch Up on a newsgroup and find later that OE offers all
messages again, either there's a problem on the newsserver or your current
identity is damaged and needs to be replace.

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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