Vista - How Do I Automatically Check Newsgroups for New Messages?

Why doesn't Windows Live Mail Desktop automatically check newsgroups for new
messages? It only seems to check for new messages when I click on each
newsgroup individually. That makes the "All news" folder rather useless.

In the [News Account] News Properties dialog, the checkbox "Include this
account when checking for new messages" is checked. I used to have this
problem in OE when that box was unchecked.

What am I doing wrong?

Have you right-clicked on the newsgroup and set the synchronisation settings?
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Cheers,
Peter
(Windows XP Pro SP2 with Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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"KarlUp" <KarlUp@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C922EFA0-74C3-47F5-B9D7-01B94062AB43@xxxxxx

It works for me, all I have to do is click on the Microsoft Communities then
go to the toolbar and click synchronize all then it brings in all the
messages that I'm subscribed to. I have my settings to bring in just the
headers.
This also works for any other servers that I use for newsgroups not just
Microsoft.
Joan

"KarlUp" <KarlUp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C922EFA0-74C3-47F5-B9D7-01B94062AB43@xxxxxx

Shouldn’t it be doing that automatically when it fetches email if "include
this account when checking for new messages is set"?


Michael

"Joan Archer" <archer_joan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4B24966C-FD50-449D-BA30-B557A82F65DC@xxxxxx

No, I don't have synchronization turned on. I thought synchronization was for
working offline. I just want it to check for new messages in the newsgroups
every ten minutes (or whatever), just as it does with the email accounts. I
thought checking the the checkbox "Include this account when checking for new
messages" was supposed to do that. At least, OE worked that way. I realize
this isn't OE, but the similarities in this area would lead one to believe it
would work the same way.


"Peter.R" wrote:

I guess I will try the synchronize option, since two of you have now
suggested that. I do wonder what the the checkbox "Include this account when
checking for new messages" is supposed to be doing, however.

"Joan Archer" wrote:

That's what I'm wondering. That's how it works in OE, where I came from.

"Michael Walraven" wrote:

I always assumed that setting was for emails so that when checking it would
go to all the email accounts you have and check for new messages.
The synchronize setting I have checked is for the newsgroups, each one has
the option to bring in either All Messages, New Messages or Headers Only. I
have the last one so when looking at each newsgroup and I see a subject I'm
interested in I click it and it will load the message for me to read.
That's the way I use the settings <g>
Joan

"KarlUp" <KarlUp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7298D458-E686-44B0-A0F8-08D2DF8673EC@xxxxxx

I started using the "Headers Only" option, and if I manually click
"Synchronize All", it does appear to do more or less what I want. It doesn't
do it automatically, though. This is different than OE, where the "include
this account..." check box did have the desired effect.

"Joan Archer" wrote:

I assume that setting is there so one can quickly disable a particular
account, say for testing purposes.

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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"KarlUp" <KarlUp@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7298D458-E686-44B0-A0F8-08D2DF8673EC@xxxxxx