Is there a newer version of OE than 6? On this particular laptop I'm
running XP Home. Also, I've always preferred OE as a newsreader over the
other options, eg Agent, Thunderbird, Mozilla, etc. I wonder though if
there is a different way to set OE so that I know when new contributions
have been made to watched threads. I like the way that OE highlights the
name of the newsgroup (turns it bold red) when there is new content, but
this doesn't appear when the cursor is already on that newsgroup name. For
example, I can go to
"microsoft.public.windows.initexplorer.ie6_outlook express" and get all the
new headers. But I don't know if watched threads have new content because
that newsgroup is currently highlighted by the cursor (ie in focus). The
red/bold displaying of the newsgroup name isn't visible unless I've choosen
another newsgroup. Then and only then can I see that a different newsgroup
has new content. I hope that makes sense. Any ideas? Thanks.

You have the newest version of OE, but it appears that you are missing one
update. Check that out.

I think I got what you're saying, and there is nothing you can do about
that. One thing you could do is in View | Sort By, change it to Watch /
Ignore ant all your watched messages will be at the beginning of the list,
and the rest sorted by date as I assume they are now.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"jch" wrote in message
. ..
Is there a newer version of OE than 6? On this particular laptop I'm
running XP Home. Also, I've always preferred OE as a newsreader over the
other options, eg Agent, Thunderbird, Mozilla, etc. I wonder though if
there is a different way to set OE so that I know when new contributions
have been made to watched threads. I like the way that OE highlights the
name of the newsgroup (turns it bold red) when there is new content, but
this doesn't appear when the cursor is already on that newsgroup name.
For example, I can go to
"microsoft.public.windows.initexplorer.ie6_outlook express" and get all the
new headers. But I don't know if watched threads have new content because
that newsgroup is currently highlighted by the cursor (ie in focus). The
red/bold displaying of the newsgroup name isn't visible unless I've
choosen another newsgroup. Then and only then can I see that a different
newsgroup has new content. I hope that makes sense. Any ideas? Thanks.

"jch" wrote in message
. ..
Is there a newer version of OE than 6? On this particular laptop I'm
running XP Home. Also, I've always preferred OE as a newsreader over the
other options, eg Agent, Thunderbird, Mozilla, etc. I wonder though if
there is a different way to set OE so that I know when new contributions
have been made to watched threads. I like the way that OE highlights the
name of the newsgroup (turns it bold red) when there is new content, but
this doesn't appear when the cursor is already on that newsgroup name.
For example, I can go to
"microsoft.public.windows.initexplorer.ie6_outlook express" and get all the
new headers. But I don't know if watched threads have new content because
that newsgroup is currently highlighted by the cursor (ie in focus). The
red/bold displaying of the newsgroup name isn't visible unless I've
choosen another newsgroup. Then and only then can I see that a different
newsgroup has new content. I hope that makes sense. Any ideas? Thanks.



When your cursor is on the name of the group, watched threads should show in
bold red if they contain unread messages, and non-bold read if all messages
in the thread have been read. It's been working this way for me for the
entire three years I've been using OE.

"jch" wrote in message
. ..
Is there a newer version of OE than 6? On this particular laptop I'm
running XP Home. Also, I've always preferred OE as a newsreader over the
other options, eg Agent, Thunderbird, Mozilla, etc. I wonder though if
there is a different way to set OE so that I know when new contributions
have been made to watched threads. I like the way that OE highlights the
name of the newsgroup (turns it bold red) when there is new content, but
this doesn't appear when the cursor is already on that newsgroup name.
For example, I can go to
"microsoft.public.windows.initexplorer.ie6_outlook express" and get all the
new headers. But I don't know if watched threads have new content because
that newsgroup is currently highlighted by the cursor (ie in focus). The
red/bold displaying of the newsgroup name isn't visible unless I've
choosen another newsgroup. Then and only then can I see that a different
newsgroup has new content. I hope that makes sense. Any ideas? Thanks.



One more thing: The behavior I described only works if the thread is
collapsed. So, let's say you're watching a very long thread whose messages
scroll past the bottom of the window, *AND* you've got that thread expanded.
The first message in the thread will NOT be bold read, even if messages
further down in the thread are unread. As soon as you collapse the thread,
the first message will show in bold red to indicate that there are unread
messages SOMEWHERE in the thread.

Look in Tools, Options, Read. 2nd option: Automatically expand grouped
messages. Is that checked? If yes, UNcheck it.