TIP: Access this and other MS newsgroups via the free MS newsserver (no
subscriptions; no passwords) instead of your ISP's newsserver. Posts appear
within seconds and messages are archived for a minimum of 90 days.

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

Click on the following link to open this newsgroup via the MS newsserver:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress

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Tools | Options | Read | Get XXX headers at a time

The OE default for the above is 300. You may set this option as high as
1,000. Right-click on the newsgroup in Folders pane | Synchronization
Settings | select New Messages Only. Now every time you open the newsgroup
(or hit F5), you will download the next-newest set of headers/messages..

When you feel you've downloaded enough headers/messages, again right-click
on the newsgroup in Folders pane and select Catch Up Now. This will Mark as
Read all messages on the server, including ones you've not yet downloaded.
Now return to "Get XXX headers at a time" and uncheck the option completely;
then compact the folder.

From now on, OE will only download headers/messages posted to the server
since you last checked (polled) for messages.

You should probably visit this page, too:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#cleannews (lotsa good stuff
there).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Marsha L wrote:
snip
Well... the story now has another chapter! Below is the header for a note
which just appeared. As you can see, I sent it Wednesday via Cox and while
the header would seem to indicate that it appeared the next day, it
didn't.

Path:
news.motzarella.org!motzarella.org!news.glorb.com! npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe10.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail
From: "Marsha L"
Newsgroups: alt.vacation.las-vegas
References:
Subject: Vegas a Ghost Town?
Lines: 27
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579
X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response
Message-ID:
NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.224.142.159
X-Complaints-To:
X-Trace: newsfe10.iad 1222306854 68.224.142.159 (Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:40:54
UTC)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:40:54 UTC
Organization: Cox
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:40:38 -0700
Xref: news.motzarella.org alt.vacation.las-vegas:30551208