Messages not downloaded
 

Each time I peruse through the newsgroups - each one has a number by
it
saying there are some unread - but no unread messages are showing. I
go to
view - current view - hide read messages - and there are no items to
view.
But list on the left still shows a number. Now I realise there is a
message
at bottom left that says (for example) 26 messages, 0 unread, 12 not
downloaded. Why are some messages not downloading? As far as I know
this
has only been happening recently - help please.

TIA
Jackiemum

Messages not downloaded
 

"Jackiemum" wrote in message
...
Each time I peruse through the newsgroups - each one has a number by
it
saying there are some unread - but no unread messages are showing. I
go to
view - current view - hide read messages - and there are no items to
view.
But list on the left still shows a number. Now I realise there is a
message
at bottom left that says (for example) 26 messages, 0 unread, 12 not
downloaded. Why are some messages not downloading? As far as I know
this
has only been happening recently - help please.

TIA
Jackiemum

Couple of possible causes?
Try OEtoolsget next headers, if that gets the messages then go to
OEtoolsoptionsread and remove the checkmark from 'get ### headersapply.
If that does not get them to d/l then you are seeing a situation that you
have no control over, OE and the news server are out of sync, the excess
number of messages that you see are known as 'ghost messages' and will go
away eventually.

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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]