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05-03-2007

have not used OE in a while, but seem to remember an option that effected the way replies were displayed.
whether in line under the original or just organized by he way you have selected.
might check over the options in xp carefully.

mikeyhsd@comcast.net

"xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message news:uoDGdBSjHHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Hi,

Thanks.

Both are set to get "300" headers at a time - which I think is default value
and more than I want to read

Actually, those are posts within 1-2 weeks, but as just posted, it seems
those only shown in Windows Mail are replies to the original post and could
it be under the original post in OE6, I have no idea.

Anyway, thanks for the kind suggestion and it's just an interesting
observation for which I won't bother to find out the cause.

Thanks

"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.

05-03-2007	#10 (permalink)
mikeyhsd n/a posts	Re: Newsgroup posts are not the same in Windows Mail and OE6 have not used OE in a while, but seem to remember an option that effected the way replies were displayed. whether in line under the original or just organized by he way you have selected. might check over the options in xp carefully. mikeyhsd@comcast.net "xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message news:uoDGdBSjHHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... Hi, Thanks. Both are set to get "300" headers at a time - which I think is default value and more than I want to read Actually, those are posts within 1-2 weeks, but as just posted, it seems those only shown in Windows Mail are replies to the original post and could it be under the original post in OE6, I have no idea. Anyway, thanks for the kind suggestion and it's just an interesting observation for which I won't bother to find out the cause. Thanks "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.
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