Steve:
Thanks for the tip regarding the download option. At first, it seemed it was
going to cause pain because as I visited various newsgroups, it took quite a
long time to download messages. But, after that was done for each NG, it's
as fast as before, and OE seems to have reordered the deck, so to speak. Far
fewer orphaned threads.


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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That problem is easily fixed. Go to Tools | Options | Read and uncheck
the option to download xxx headers at a time. Then you'll get all the
messages.

With respect to the general problem with folders.dbx, its a very very
complicated file and one byte change will mess it up, so I guess the
answer is you'll just have to live with it. I don't see the problems
you've alluded to, but they do happen on their own at times.

steve

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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The news server can cause that kind of problem?

Here's a thought: For many threads, I never see the original thread.
Rather, I see subsequent ones beginning with . Train wreck at the news
server?


"PA Bear" wrote in message
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Then I'd say the problem is with the newsserver, not OE. Try another
newsserver which carries these two newsgroups.
--
~PA Bear

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
The past two times, it's been alt.autos.toyota and rec.boats. Newserver
is
whatever is used by my ISP, Frontier.


"PA Bear" wrote in message
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To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of
previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.

Symptom: Every couple of months, I'll click on one newsgroup (never
the
same one - no pattern I can discern) and OE will crash.

Repost: What newsgroup on what newsserver?
--
~PA Bear

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"PA Bear" wrote in message
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What newsgroup on what newsserver?

General OE Caveats:

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

Already done.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

Already done.

- 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

Already done.

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

Already done.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also
cause
such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

Already done.

That's why this is so strange. All these things have been normal
procedure
here for a couple of years.
paste
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
Running OE 6, with Win XP Pro, SP2, all updates. Assume (correctly)
for
the
moment that I observe **all** precautionary measures you've ever
heard
of
with regard to keeping data safe in OE.

Symptom: Every couple of months, I'll click on one newsgroup (never
the
same
one - no pattern I can discern) and OE will crash. If I restart, and
avoid
checking that newsgroup, it'll run fine. The only fix is to delete
folders.dbx, but of course, that results in my having to drag all my
email
subfolders back into place.

Is this just something we have to live with?