I had some messages lost in a ng, and decided to reset it with maintenance
cleanup / reset. I cannot redownload the headers or whole messages in this
group. Also a message posted to this group does not show up.

I have tried deleting the dbx file also. Tried closing and restarting OE. I
know the messages are there as Xnews downloads the headers each time it is
opened.

any suggestions appreciated. I hope I don't have to delete and reinstall the
newsserver. That's the only thing I haven't tried.

Tommy

Did you uncheck Get XXX headers at a time? If not, do that followed by a
Reset & then Compact. Make sure the correct newsgroup/server is selected at
the top of the Clean Up Now box.

If still no joy, removing & reinstalling the news account may be the answer.
In Tools | Accounts | News, you can export the settings. Reboot and then
import the settings. That, at least will make it less painful.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Tommy McClure" tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com wrote in message
...
I had some messages lost in a ng, and decided to reset it with maintenance
cleanup / reset. I cannot redownload the headers or whole messages in this
group. Also a message posted to this group does not show up.

I have tried deleting the dbx file also. Tried closing and restarting OE.
I
know the messages are there as Xnews downloads the headers each time it is
opened.

any suggestions appreciated. I hope I don't have to delete and reinstall
the
newsserver. That's the only thing I haven't tried.

Tommy

If there is corruption of the settings in the Registry, exporting and
importing will not solve the problem.

Try creating a new Identity.
If that works, then import from the old Identity.
Delete the old Identity.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
: Did you uncheck Get XXX headers at a time? If not, do that followed by a
: Reset & then Compact. Make sure the correct newsgroup/server is selected
at
: the top of the Clean Up Now box.
:
: If still no joy, removing & reinstalling the news account may be the
answer.
: In Tools | Accounts | News, you can export the settings. Reboot and then
: import the settings. That, at least will make it less painful.
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: Imperial Beach, CA
:
: "Tommy McClure" tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com wrote in message
: ...
: I had some messages lost in a ng, and decided to reset it with
maintenance
: cleanup / reset. I cannot redownload the headers or whole messages in
this
: group. Also a message posted to this group does not show up.
:
: I have tried deleting the dbx file also. Tried closing and restarting
OE.
: I
: know the messages are there as Xnews downloads the headers each time it
is
: opened.
:
: any suggestions appreciated. I hope I don't have to delete and reinstall
: the
: newsserver. That's the only thing I haven't tried.
:
: Tommy
:
:
:

forgot to tell you , I was using Nfilter.
That was it. I switched back to the unproxied news server and refilled my
ng.
It works ok mostly, but this is a case where you can't reset and reload.
Also, it has gone a little bonkers and needs reloading itself, had some
unexplained missing messages not show up in OE.
Problem solved. Thanks for suggestions.

A nuisance, but I feel much better now.


Tommy

"Tommy McClure" tommylee9_2000(AT)yahoo(DOT)com wrote in message
...
forgot to tell you , I was using Nfilter.
That was it. I switched back to the unproxied news server and refilled my
ng.
It works ok mostly, but this is a case where you can't reset and reload.
Also, it has gone a little bonkers and needs reloading itself, had some
unexplained missing messages not show up in OE.
Problem solved. Thanks for suggestions.


No one who wishes to use Outlook Express (or Windows Mail in Vista) should
have anything from Norton or McAfee installed.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com