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Old 01-07-2009   #4 (permalink)
N. Miller


 
 

Re: Newsgroup disappear!

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 23:33:44 +0100, Phil wrote:
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> "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:#RqTr9PcJHA.4684@xxxxxx
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>> "Phil" <mail@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:e6kxn9NcJHA.1860@xxxxxx
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>>> When I connect through a different ISP or WLAN, all newsgroups from my
>>> ISP's news server disappear.
>>> I have to add the groups manually back. All my previously marked and
>>> watched messages are gone.
>>> That's very annoying!
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>> If they are Microsoft newsgroups, then get them directly from Microsoft.
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop
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> The Microsoft newsgroups remain, which I obtain through the public
> msnews.microsoft.com server.
> Only the ones from my ISP's newsserver (news.chello.at & news.inode.at).
> Apparently they're only accessible through their IP range, but that's no
> reason for WLM do delete the whole groups.
Can you configure WLM to not automatically attempt to connect with those
servers? Perhaps that would be work around. However, I don't think a news
client should remove a message store just because it could not access the
newsgroups on a given NNTP server; definitely a bug.

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