How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

Are there replies to the conversation that are marked in a red color? If
so, click on one of them and remove the "eyeglass" icon column by clicking
on it. There must be some other replies that are marked in red, since I
can't imagine why it would be a problem otherwise.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"MrB" wrote in message
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How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

How old is it? For this newsgroup, I believe posts are currently retained on
the server for 90 days. Once removed, you will not see them again. At least
not here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
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How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

Gentlemen,
The only thing that is red is the the Newsgroup title. If I check "show all
messages" and click on the eyeglasses, nothing comes up, so I can't uncheck
it. I've not had this problem before. The group is rec.photo.digital. If the
message has been removed, does that mean that the Group title remains red
forever?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
How old is it? For this newsgroup, I believe posts are currently retained
on the server for 90 days. Once removed, you will not see them again. At
least not here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

"MrB" wrote in message ...
How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?


Are you trying to interpret some symptoms that you're not giving us? w

If you can't see a post using Show All Messages it is no longer there.
The fact that it might have once been marked Watched or Ignored, etc.
would be irrelevant.

Oh. Are you worried that the implementation of Watch Conversation
is independent of the existence of its messages? It's not.
Once the message is gone any markings it once had are gone with it too.
You don't have to worry about cleaning up after it.

In fact the implementation of Watch Conversation is even more specific
than that. It depends on the existence of messages which contain the
same parent Message-ID in their References headers.
E.g. you may notice messages still coming in grouped under the same
Subject but without the Watched icon on them. If you check their
headers you will undoubtedly find that either they have no References
header or they are replies to earlier posts or in other subthreads.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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Does it only happen in that one newsgroup and no others? Unsubscribe,
compact your folders, reboot and re-subscribe. See if that helps.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status
Bar).
FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting
is completed.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
Gentlemen,
The only thing that is red is the the Newsgroup title. If I check "show
all messages" and click on the eyeglasses, nothing comes up, so I can't
uncheck it. I've not had this problem before. The group is
rec.photo.digital. If the message has been removed, does that mean that
the Group title remains red forever?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
How old is it? For this newsgroup, I believe posts are currently retained
on the server for 90 days. Once removed, you will not see them again. At
least not here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

Are you limiting the number of messages being downloaded?
Tools, Options, Read tab
If yes, uncheck Get xx headers and download messages.
--
Ron Sommer

"MrB" wrote in message
...
Gentlemen,
The only thing that is red is the the Newsgroup title. If I check "show
all messages" and click on the eyeglasses, nothing comes up, so I can't
uncheck it. I've not had this problem before. The group is
rec.photo.digital. If the message has been removed, does that mean that
the Group title remains red forever?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
How old is it? For this newsgroup, I believe posts are currently retained
on the server for 90 days. Once removed, you will not see them again. At
least not here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

"MrB" wrote in message
...
Gentlemen,
The only thing that is red is the the Newsgroup title. If I check "show all
messages" and click on the eyeglasses, nothing comes up, so I can't uncheck
it. I've not had this problem before. The group is rec.photo.digital. If the
message has been removed, does that mean that the Group title remains red
forever?


That's a better clue. w My guess is that you have checked
(in Current View) Show replies to my messages (Alt-V,V,CursorUp x2...)
or press Ctrl-h to toggle it.

Then you could have some *unread* Watched messages in threads
which you have not participated in which would account for the red
summary line.

Alternatively do a search for all messages in that folder
(e.g. press Ctrl-Shift-F,Alt-o,F4,Enter,Enter)
then (provided Watched is a requested column in your Find window)
either sort by Watched (Alt-V,B,W) or (provided you have a view
defined for displaying Watched messages) change the View to Watched.
Since you are really only interested in finding *unread* Watched messages
you could also change the View to Hide Read or Ignored (Alt-V,V,H)

The point is that the Find window ignores the main window's view settings
and always start off with Group messages by conversation (aka threading)
unchecked so you will be more likely to find the messages which are causing
the symptom there. You could just as easily also undo all those settings
for the main window but may find it easier to turn stuff on in the Find window
than to turn stuff off in the main window, especially if you aren't sure what
all is on there. G


HTH

Robert
---

Yes Bruce, only that newsgroup. I followed your suggestion and fixed the
problem.

Many thanks to you and all who replied.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Does it only happen in that one newsgroup and no others? Unsubscribe,
compact your folders, reboot and re-subscribe. See if that helps.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar).
FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting
is completed.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
Gentlemen,
The only thing that is red is the the Newsgroup title. If I check "show
all messages" and click on the eyeglasses, nothing comes up, so I can't
uncheck it. I've not had this problem before. The group is
rec.photo.digital. If the message has been removed, does that mean that
the Group title remains red forever?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
How old is it? For this newsgroup, I believe posts are currently
retained on the server for 90 days. Once removed, you will not see them
again. At least not here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?

Ron, I tried your suggestion, but the watched message didn't show up. I took
Bruce's advice and unsubscribed and resubscribed.

Thank you

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Are you limiting the number of messages being downloaded?
Tools, Options, Read tab
If yes, uncheck Get xx headers and download messages.
--
Ron Sommer

"MrB" wrote in message
...
Gentlemen,
The only thing that is red is the the Newsgroup title. If I check "show
all messages" and click on the eyeglasses, nothing comes up, so I can't
uncheck it. I've not had this problem before. The group is
rec.photo.digital. If the message has been removed, does that mean that
the Group title remains red forever?


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
How old is it? For this newsgroup, I believe posts are currently
retained on the server for 90 days. Once removed, you will not see them
again. At least not here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"MrB" wrote in message
...
How can I unwatch a post that I can no longer see, even after selecting
view.....show all files?