My New NG post never get there, but they show in "Sent"

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PeterM

Recently I noticed that any new post will never get posted, but it did show
up in my sent folder. I wonder if it has anything to do with me changing
from OE to Outlook for my email. Your help is appreciated............Peter
 
Nothing to do with OL, OE is the default newsreader, though it may be
accessed within OL or IE.
I do see a post in this ng from you, dated 2nd
 
PeterM said:
Recently I noticed that any new post will never get posted, but it
did show up in my sent folder. I wonder if it has anything to do with
me changing from OE to Outlook for my email. Your help is
appreciated............Peter
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Well, Outlook doesn't handle news. How are you accessing OE?

I usually create a shortcut in the quicklaunch bar/desktop that points to

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /outnews

and launch that, rather than making Outlook open up OE for news, which seems
like a really silly & uneccesary step to me.
 
PeterM said:
Recently I noticed that any new post will never get posted, but it did
show up in my sent folder. I wonder if it has anything to do with me
changing from OE to Outlook for my email. Your help is
appreciated............Peter
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Outlook doesn't do NNTP (network news transfer protocol). That is
supported in Outlook Express. Outlook calls OE to do newsgroups.

How long did you wait before looking for your post? On some NNTP
servers, it may take several minutes for your post to show up. On some,
it can take hours; for example, posts submitted via Google Groups might
not show up for 2 to 4 hours after being posted. Since it takes time
for a post to propagate around the world to all the NNTP servers (that
carry the newsgroup to which you posted), maybe you posted using one
NNTP server but tried looking for your post at a different NNTP server.
If you attach a file and post to a non-binary newsgroup, your post will
get accepted (so it shows up in your Sent Items folder in your local
client) but probably gets trashed by the server. Most NNTP servers will
not accept posts with attachments to non-binary newsgroups.
 
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