Deleting ghost posts in ng account

Hi,

Whenever I sync my newsgroups with Win Mail, I get a number next to the
ng, i.e.. microsoft.public.pocketpc (6) even though I have used the
"catch-up" function then delete but that still shows up. Is there a file in
appdata that I can delete to get rid of it?

Jeff

addendum,
at the bottom of Win Mail it says "0 message(s), 6 not downloaded" and it
shows that 6 next to the ng.
Any help?

Jeff

"Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
news:O7tmxoAmIHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Whenever I sync my newsgroups with Win Mail, I get a number next to the
> ng, i.e.. microsoft.public.pocketpc (6) even though I have used the
> "catch-up" function then delete but that still shows up. Is there a file
> in appdata that I can delete to get rid of it?
>
> Jeff
>

With that problem, it often helps to click Tools, then Get Next 300
Headers a few times.

"Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
news:%23uUGkBBmIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> addendum,
> at the bottom of Win Mail it says "0 message(s), 6 not downloaded" and it
> shows that 6 next to the ng.
> Any help?
>
> Jeff
>
> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
> news:O7tmxoAmIHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Whenever I sync my newsgroups with Win Mail, I get a number next to
>> the ng, i.e.. microsoft.public.pocketpc (6) even though I have used the
>> "catch-up" function then delete but that still shows up. Is there a file
>> in appdata that I can delete to get rid of it?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>

Thanks,

That got rid of 5 of them but still have 1 that won't go away.
It says at the bottom of Win Mail
0 message(s), 0 unread, 1 not downloaded

and I clicked on Get Next 300 headers lots of times.
Any other possibilities to cure this?

Jeff

<robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> With that problem, it often helps to click Tools, then Get Next 300
> Headers a few times.
>
> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
> news:%23uUGkBBmIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> addendum,
>> at the bottom of Win Mail it says "0 message(s), 6 not downloaded" and it
>> shows that 6 next to the ng.
>> Any help?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
>> news:O7tmxoAmIHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Whenever I sync my newsgroups with Win Mail, I get a number next to
>>> the ng, i.e.. microsoft.public.pocketpc (6) even though I have used the
>>> "catch-up" function then delete but that still shows up. Is there a file
>>> in appdata that I can delete to get rid of it?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>
>
>

"Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
news:%23CadD4CmIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks,
>
> That got rid of 5 of them but still have 1 that won't go away.
> It says at the bottom of Win Mail
> 0 message(s), 0 unread, 1 not downloaded
>
> and I clicked on Get Next 300 headers lots of times.
> Any other possibilities to cure this?
>
> Jeff
>
> <robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:%23ySRzyCmIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> With that problem, it often helps to click Tools, then Get Next 300
>> Headers a few times.
>>
>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
>> news:%23uUGkBBmIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> addendum,
>>> at the bottom of Win Mail it says "0 message(s), 6 not downloaded" and
>>> it shows that 6 next to the ng.
>>> Any help?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:O7tmxoAmIHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Whenever I sync my newsgroups with Win Mail, I get a number next to
>>>> the ng, i.e.. microsoft.public.pocketpc (6) even though I have used
>>>> the "catch-up" function then delete but that still shows up. Is there a
>>>> file in appdata that I can delete to get rid of it?
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Those are called 'ghost' messages. The number may change next time you go
to that newsgroup. There's nothing to do about it. Do you want the long
technical description?

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not reply with email

Well, since you asked!!!
lol-jk
I assume that eventually they go away?

Jeff



"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:7A2313DD-9805-4C91-8E66-99D365B587CF@microsoft.com...
> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
> news:%23CadD4CmIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks,
>>
>> That got rid of 5 of them but still have 1 that won't go away.
>> It says at the bottom of Win Mail
>> 0 message(s), 0 unread, 1 not downloaded
>>
>> and I clicked on Get Next 300 headers lots of times.
>> Any other possibilities to cure this?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> <robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23ySRzyCmIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> With that problem, it often helps to click Tools, then Get Next 300
>>> Headers a few times.
>>>
>>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:%23uUGkBBmIHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> addendum,
>>>> at the bottom of Win Mail it says "0 message(s), 6 not downloaded" and
>>>> it shows that 6 next to the ng.
>>>> Any help?
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
>>>> news:O7tmxoAmIHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Whenever I sync my newsgroups with Win Mail, I get a number next to
>>>>> the ng, i.e.. microsoft.public.pocketpc (6) even though I have used
>>>>> the "catch-up" function then delete but that still shows up. Is there
>>>>> a file in appdata that I can delete to get rid of it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> Those are called 'ghost' messages. The number may change next time you go
> to that newsgroup. There's nothing to do about it. Do you want the long
> technical description?
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
> www.fjsmjs.com
> Do not reply with email

Depends on the servers whether or not they go away.
This happens when the servers on a server farm get out of synch and have
different ID numbers for the same message so that the mail client is
confused about the ID of the latest message. It subtracts the ID of the
latest message it has from the highest ID listed and says those
(nonexistent) messages haven't been downloaded.

"Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
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> Well, since you asked!!!
> lol-jk
> I assume that eventually they go away?
>
> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:7A2313DD-9805-4C91-8E66-99D365B587CF@microsoft.com...
>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevisiae@hmm.edu> wrote in message
>> news:%23CadD4CmIHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> That got rid of 5 of them but still have 1 that won't go away.
>>> It says at the bottom of Win Mail
>>> 0 message(s), 0 unread, 1 not downloaded

>> Those are called 'ghost' messages. The number may change next time you
>> go to that newsgroup. There's nothing to do about it. Do you want the
>> long technical description?