I've noticed something that's puzzling me that just seems to occur on the
Microsoft news server (as opposed to my regular RCN Usenet server where this
doesn't occur.

The numbers in brackets that accompany the name of the newsgroup on the OE
bar that show the number of unread messages on the group;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
on the RCN server, when opening the group to view the headers, the numbers
always increase but on the Microsoft server, these numbers both increase AND
decrease when the group is clicked to view and the headers change.
Is there something that's different between the two servers or are my news
settings perhaps different somehow by default?
I'm just wondering how the unread message numbers on the Microsoft server
can both increase and decrease where the RCN always increases.
Puzzling?????? I know the answer is going to come back on this and be
something completely obvious that I missed checking out before I posted the
question :-))))
Thanks
Dudley

Hi Dudley,

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX Headers at a time. You may have to
reset. Right click on ant newsgroup in question and Reset.

Different servers have different quirks.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
I've noticed something that's puzzling me that just seems to occur on the
Microsoft news server (as opposed to my regular RCN Usenet server where
this doesn't occur.

The numbers in brackets that accompany the name of the newsgroup on the OE
bar that show the number of unread messages on the group;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
on the RCN server, when opening the group to view the headers, the numbers
always increase but on the Microsoft server, these numbers both increase
AND decrease when the group is clicked to view and the headers change.
Is there something that's different between the two servers or are my news
settings perhaps different somehow by default?
I'm just wondering how the unread message numbers on the Microsoft server
can both increase and decrease where the RCN always increases.
Puzzling?????? I know the answer is going to come back on this and be
something completely obvious that I missed checking out before I posted
the question :-))))
Thanks
Dudley

Thanks Bruce. I'll try that.
D

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Hi Dudley,

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX Headers at a time. You may have
to reset. Right click on ant newsgroup in question and Reset.

Different servers have different quirks.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
I've noticed something that's puzzling me that just seems to occur on the
Microsoft news server (as opposed to my regular RCN Usenet server where
this doesn't occur.

The numbers in brackets that accompany the name of the newsgroup on the
OE bar that show the number of unread messages on the
group;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; on the RCN server, when opening the group to view
the headers, the numbers always increase but on the Microsoft server,
these numbers both increase AND decrease when the group is clicked to
view and the headers change.
Is there something that's different between the two servers or are my
news settings perhaps different somehow by default?
I'm just wondering how the unread message numbers on the Microsoft server
can both increase and decrease where the RCN always increases.
Puzzling?????? I know the answer is going to come back on this and be
something completely obvious that I missed checking out before I posted
the question :-))))
Thanks
Dudley

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
I've noticed something that's puzzling me that just seems to occur on the
Microsoft news server (as opposed to my regular RCN Usenet server where
this doesn't occur.

The numbers in brackets that accompany the name of the newsgroup on the OE
bar that show the number of unread messages on the group;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
on the RCN server, when opening the group to view the headers, the numbers
always increase but on the Microsoft server, these numbers both increase
AND decrease when the group is clicked to view and the headers change.
Is there something that's different between the two servers or are my news
settings perhaps different somehow by default?
I'm just wondering how the unread message numbers on the Microsoft server
can both increase and decrease where the RCN always increases.
Puzzling?????? I know the answer is going to come back on this and be
something completely obvious that I missed checking out before I posted
the question :-))))
Thanks
Dudley



The Microsoft server is actually a farm of servers that sometimes get out of
synch. Besides that, the number you see is an estimate based on the highest
message ID on your machine and the highest message ID on the machine you are
connected to. If messages are deleted out of order the estimate may be
wrong. There is also the problem of synching msnews.microsoft.com with the
servers for the Web interface. Never take those blue numbers as anything
but a rough approximation.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

Sounds reasonable to me Frank. Another totally exact tool for our use in the
modern world :-))
Dudley


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
I've noticed something that's puzzling me that just seems to occur on the
Microsoft news server (as opposed to my regular RCN Usenet server where
this doesn't occur.

The numbers in brackets that accompany the name of the newsgroup on the
OE bar that show the number of unread messages on the
group;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; on the RCN server, when opening the group to view
the headers, the numbers always increase but on the Microsoft server,
these numbers both increase AND decrease when the group is clicked to
view and the headers change.
Is there something that's different between the two servers or are my
news settings perhaps different somehow by default?
I'm just wondering how the unread message numbers on the Microsoft server
can both increase and decrease where the RCN always increases.
Puzzling?????? I know the answer is going to come back on this and be
something completely obvious that I missed checking out before I posted
the question :-))))
Thanks
Dudley



The Microsoft server is actually a farm of servers that sometimes get out
of synch. Besides that, the number you see is an estimate based on the
highest message ID on your machine and the highest message ID on the
machine you are connected to. If messages are deleted out of order the
estimate may be wrong. There is also the problem of synching
msnews.microsoft.com with the servers for the Web interface. Never take
those blue numbers as anything but a rough approximation.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

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I've noticed something that's puzzling me that just seems to occur on the
Microsoft news server (as opposed to my regular RCN Usenet server where
this doesn't occur.

The numbers in brackets that accompany the name of the newsgroup on the OE
bar that show the number of unread messages on the group;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
on the RCN server, when opening the group to view the headers, the numbers
always increase but on the Microsoft server, these numbers both increase
AND decrease when the group is clicked to view and the headers change.
Is there something that's different between the two servers or are my news
settings perhaps different somehow by default?
I'm just wondering how the unread message numbers on the Microsoft server
can both increase and decrease where the RCN always increases.
Puzzling?????? I know the answer is going to come back on this and be
something completely obvious that I missed checking out before I posted
the question :-))))
Thanks
Dudley