Mark Bourne

xfile wrote:
> Just an interesting observation,
>
> On my desk, I have two systems running at the same time, an XP Pro notebook
> using OE6 and a LCD screen connected to a Vista desktop using Windows Mail,
> but when I read posts in the same newsgroup (e.g. this one), they are not
> exactly the same. A few are showing up in Windows Mail but not in OE, but
> if I search that particular post in OE, it is there just not showing up.
>
> I did refresh a few times to see if there are any difference but it's the
> same, and both are using the same sorting method - by date.
>
> Anyway, just an observation and don't know if anyone else also noticed.
>

A couple of ideas to check. Apologies for not being particularly
specific - I don't actually use Windows Mail or OE6 myself.

Some newsreaders have an option to download a maximum number of headers
at once (eg. mine will prompt me to download more than 500). It could be
that if there are more than that number of new messages, OE only
downloads the newest however many, and doesn't prompt to download the
rest. Maybe look for such an option in the newsgroup account settings in
OE? Something like "download at most (n) new messages"?

If all new messages come up in both, but it's just some old ones that
don't show in OE, it could be that those are messages from before you
first set up the newsgroup on OE.