> if you are referring to messages in microsoft groups from microsoft servers.
Nope... I am accessing this group through google groups.
I have several newsgroup accounts on all different servers, and it is
happening with all of them.
I have since been exploring Windows Live Mail as a newsreader and so
far it seems pretty nice... but I'd still like my Win Mail to work...
anybody?
On Feb 20, 4:49 pm, "mikeyhsd" <mikey...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> if you are referring to messages in microsoft groups from microsoft servers.
> they occasionally get out of sync and this happens.
> noticed it more frequently in the microsoft private security news groups.
>
> mikey...@xxxxxx
>
> "MichaelEvangelista" <zionb...@xxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:fe6fb958-8d4b-4d39-9c5c-1e334e3f69ad@xxxxxx
> I use Windows Mail to manage several email accounts and dozens of news
> accounts. Since moving to Vista early last year, everything has seemed
> fine... until now.
>
> Starting a few days ago, Windows Mail will show new messages in a
> newsgroup (the account name is bold in the folders pane and has a blue
> number in parenthesis showing the number of new messages) BUT when I
> click the account name, the new messages do not download.
>
> What's odd... the little preview count at bottom left will show "xx
> messages, 0 unread', while the folders pane shows there are some
> unread, but won't display them!
> I did find a way to at least get the messages - if I right click the
> account name and select "catch up", the new messages will appear - but
> unless they are the newest by date, I can't tell which thread they
> were in, which renders it useless to try and find them.
>
> Can anyone offer some help?
>
> As a side note, I noticed at the same time this started, my mail
> accounts' inbox is now grouping messages by title, with the little '+'
> box to expand ... I am 100% sure it never used to work this way... and
> I can't find a setting to turn that off.
>
> Is my WinMail hosed?
> Did I get some kind of 'auto update' that broke it, perhaps?
>
> I would seriously consider another email app if I can import my
> messages in all of their prospective folders and, just as importantly,
> all of my many message rules - any suggestions? ( will anything import
> Win Mail rules?)
>
> thanks for the much needed help!