WOW, VERY COOL !!!!!!
That did the trick ( .....and I am smarter now too ) ! LOL LOL Thank you
soooo much !!!
JCE
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ewl9wTbkIHA.1184@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Newsgroups neither export, nor import. Resubscribe.
>
> Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. Then, right
> click on the newsgroup in the Folder Tree | Properties | Local File |
> Reset. Switch to another folder and then back and all available messages
> will be downloaded again.
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "JCE" <jce 2005 NOSPAM @ gmail . com> wrote in message
> news:ED027E3A-79A2-41AF-95BD-F591F329DA0E@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for the reply !
>>
>> Well, that is only partially correct. Either OE or Windows Mail does NOT
>> let me download more than 1000 messages. Some of my subscribed newsgroups
>> folders ( .dbx files ) contain more than 5000 - 12000 messages. In OE6
>> that was not a problem after a new install. As you've said, re-subscribe
>> again to the groups. After that, I closed OE6, copied all my .dbx files
>> into the correct folder, over-riding the newly subscribed ones and after
>> opening OE6, I had all my newsgroup messages back the way it was before
>> the new install.
>>
>> Windows Mail seems to handle that differently and I can't get ALL my
>> messages back. But there ust be a way of some sort to achive this task.
>>
>> Any other ideas ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uWhhg$akIHA.2276@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> "JCE" <jce 2005 NOSPAM @ gmail . com> wrote in message
>>> news:2818064F-E0A1-461C-AC5F-56B10C2E6E41@xxxxxx
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I was subscribed in OE6 to several newsgroups, each with a large amount
>>>> of messages. After upgrading to Vista ( and Windows Mail ), I read a
>>>> lot about importing messages from OE6 into Windows Mail, but for some
>>>> reason, Windows Mail ONLY imports Mail folders, not newsgroups.
>>>>
>>>> I made sure my OE6 "folder.dbx" file is there and the "Read Only" is
>>>> unchecked in every .dbx file. Still can't get any of my old OE6
>>>> newsgroup messages into Windows Mail.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help ?
>>>
>>> Just re-subscribe to the newsgroup - news is NOT mail. You will see all
>>> the messages that are on the server...
>> >