Help requested with newsgroups

[MaryL]

I don't know if this is the correct newsgroup for this question. If not, I
would appreciate it if you can direct me to the correct one.

I use OE to read newsgroups (Win XP-Home Edition). My server is
news.cox-internet.com. A frequent problem I have is that if someone
inadvertently uses the same title for a thread as one that has been used in
the past, that thread will not show up on the newsgroup -- my reader seems
to act as if it is an old, expired thread, but I can see the message if I
use google. In fact, it happened to one of my own messages, which is what
"inspired" this question. I used Ping: Name of Person, but that person had
been pinged some time ago. The result was that my own message did not
appear on my reader, and I had to go through google to look for a response.

Is there any way around this? Have I set something incorrectly?

Thanks,
MaryL

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Likely you are not downloading enough headers. Under tools/options/read tab,
uncheck the line to download xx headers (where xx is defaulted to 300, but
can be changed). Then synchronize the group (it may take some time
initially).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[MaryL]

I set the maximum number for downloading (1,000). However, I have never
synchronized. It has never been clear to me what that would do. The help
files seem to refer to synchronization for offline reading. Can you clarify
what it does? Would that affect the files I have checked for follow-up?

Thanks,
MaryL

 

[NewScience]

Also check the View | Current View and see what options you have set.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It simply catches you up so that all posts are downloaded. No, it would not
affect your threads marked for follow-up.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[MaryL]

Okay, thanks. I'll try that.

MaryL

Hi,

It simply catches you up so that all posts are downloaded. No, it would
not affect your threads marked for follow-up.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[MaryL]

Under View | Current View, I have selected "show all messages" and "group
messages by conversation."

MaryL

 

[MaryL]

I just synchronized the newsgroups, but it did not solve the problem -- the
message still does not appear (even though it appears in the Sent box and I
can see it in google).

MaryL