"Mark Bourne" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OSts8UMjHHA.4248@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> 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.
I think Mark is on to the answer. Read this article I wrote at
http://www.mindspring.com/~anorton1/Post_Mystery.html
and see if it explains what you are seeing. There are instructions there as
well for a workaround to the problem.
Alan Norton
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