messages on server not available

Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where are your
Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File tab,
&
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule to
delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing more
rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a time".
(4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File tab, &
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
| in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the top
one,
| empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the box are greyed
out
|
| when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they are
no
| longer on server and puts a line through the heading
|
| many thanks Steve
|
| "jkb" nospam wrote in message
| ...
| Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not available, I
used to
| browse through old messages and could access all of them.
|
| Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might have
the
| deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.
|
|
|
|

Sorry, "inbox drafts" meant inbox through to drafts including outbox,
sent items and deleted items.

I access the newsgroup via the toolbar at the top of the page (in between
find and headers) or by "ctrl W"

I'm quite happy with not having an icon for newsgroups on the left hand
pane.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where are your
Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File
tab,
&
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule to
delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing more
rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a time".
(4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File tab, &
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
| in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the top
one,
| empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the box are
greyed
out
|
| when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they are
no
| longer on server and puts a line through the heading
|
| many thanks Steve
|
| "jkb" nospam wrote in message
| ...
| Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not available, I
used to
| browse through old messages and could access all of them.
|
| Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might have
the
| deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.
|
|
|
|

If you've /Subscribed/ to any newsgroups, they'll be listed in Folders pane
under the newsserver on which you access them (e.g.,
msnews.microsoft.public). See
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/co...tm#setupmsnews. I think
you'll find subscribing to this newsgroup much more efficient and satisfying
than the method you're using now, MR.

Related: The headers of your posts here (Microsoft Outlook Express
5.50.4807.1700) tell me you're running very outdated and much less-secure
versions of OE, IE and Windows. Check in at Windows Update twice ASAP:

1. On your first visit, install IE6 SP1 and reboot.

2. Now return to Windows Update for additional Critical Updates your machine
should have.

To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should be disabled
and all other running processes closed before installing anything, including
Windows Updates. This is especially important in Win98.
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP


Moonraker wrote:
Sorry, "inbox drafts" meant inbox through to drafts including outbox,
sent items and deleted items.

I access the newsgroup via the toolbar at the top of the page (in between
find and headers) or by "ctrl W"

I'm quite happy with not having an icon for newsgroups on the left hand
pane.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where are
your Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File
tab, &
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule
to delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop
processing more rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time". (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local
File tab, & click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the
top one, empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the
box are greyed out

when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they
are no longer on server and puts a line through the heading

many thanks Steve

"jkb" nospam wrote in message
...
Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not
available, I used to browse through old messages and could
access all of them.

Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might
have the deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.

Thank you, I am more than likely going to wipe my harddrive and upgrade to
windows XP in the next few months so will probably install the newer version
of OE / IE and other programs then.

Is there an easy way of saving any documents and other stuff like pictures
etc that I would want on the computer afterwards.

I keep all my stuff in a folder off the "C" drive called "Stephens document"
and could just save the whole lot.

However, my wife has stuff in several places, but I could compile them into
one folder.

It would be good to save our e-mail addresses and internet favourite site to
if poss'

I would appreciate your advise

Cheers Steve
..
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
If you've /Subscribed/ to any newsgroups, they'll be listed in Folders
pane
under the newsserver on which you access them (e.g.,
msnews.microsoft.public). See
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/co...tm#setupmsnews. I think
you'll find subscribing to this newsgroup much more efficient and
satisfying
than the method you're using now, MR.

Related: The headers of your posts here (Microsoft Outlook Express
5.50.4807.1700) tell me you're running very outdated and much less-secure
versions of OE, IE and Windows. Check in at Windows Update twice ASAP:

1. On your first visit, install IE6 SP1 and reboot.

2. Now return to Windows Update for additional Critical Updates your
machine
should have.

To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should be disabled
and all other running processes closed before installing anything,
including
Windows Updates. This is especially important in Win98.
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rer.ie6_outloo
kexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP


Moonraker wrote:
Sorry, "inbox drafts" meant inbox through to drafts including
outbox,
sent items and deleted items.

I access the newsgroup via the toolbar at the top of the page (in
between
find and headers) or by "ctrl W"

I'm quite happy with not having an icon for newsgroups on the left hand
pane.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where are
your Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File
tab, &
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message
Rule
to delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop
processing more rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time". (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local
File tab, & click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to
All
Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After
that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the
top one, empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the
box are greyed out

when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they
are no longer on server and puts a line through the heading

many thanks Steve

"jkb" nospam wrote in message
...
Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not
available, I used to browse through old messages and could
access all of them.

Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might
have the deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.

Please begin a new thread here with these new questions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

Moonraker wrote:
Thank you, I am more than likely going to wipe my harddrive and upgrade to
windows XP in the next few months so will probably install the newer
version of OE / IE and other programs then.

Is there an easy way of saving any documents and other stuff like pictures
etc that I would want on the computer afterwards.

I keep all my stuff in a folder off the "C" drive called "Stephens
document" and could just save the whole lot.

However, my wife has stuff in several places, but I could compile them
into one folder.

It would be good to save our e-mail addresses and internet favourite site
to if poss'

I would appreciate your advise

Cheers Steve
.
"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
If you've /Subscribed/ to any newsgroups, they'll be listed in Folders
pane under the newsserver on which you access them (e.g.,
msnews.microsoft.public). See
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/co...tm#setupmsnews. I think
you'll find subscribing to this newsgroup much more efficient and
satisfying than the method you're using now, MR.

Related: The headers of your posts here (Microsoft Outlook Express
5.50.4807.1700) tell me you're running very outdated and much
less-secure versions of OE, IE and Windows. Check in at Windows Update
twice ASAP:

1. On your first visit, install IE6 SP1 and reboot.

2. Now return to Windows Update for additional Critical Updates your
machine should have.

To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should be
disabled and all other running processes closed before installing
anything, including Windows Updates. This is especially important in
Win98. --
OE6-specific newsgroup:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rer.ie6_outloo
kexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP


Moonraker wrote:
Sorry, "inbox drafts" meant inbox through to drafts including
outbox, sent items and deleted items.

I access the newsgroup via the toolbar at the top of the page (in
between find and headers) or by "ctrl W"

I'm quite happy with not having an icon for newsgroups on the left
hand pane.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where
are your Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local
File tab, &
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to
All Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your
messages away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption
occurred. Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message
Rule to delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop
processing more rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time". (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties,
Local File tab, & click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to
All Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on
your machine after the download are your responsibility to
delete, by occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply
Now". After that, compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all
folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being
downloaded". (3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only
the top one, empty messages etc, is checked all the others
on the box are greyed out

when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says
they are no longer on server and puts a line through the
heading

many thanks Steve

"jkb" nospam wrote in message
...
Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not
available, I used to browse through old messages and could
access all of them.

Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might
have the deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.

That was something Dundat came up with. In fact, this rule should be
moved to the top as well. If "stop processing" is not used, the message
will be passed to the next rule-- & NOT be deleted! (Or so I understand
it.)


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| (2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule to
| delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing
more
| rules".
|
| Why stop processing more rules? I have lots of rules that apply to NG
posts.
| Why would I want to stop processing after filtering for age?
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|
|
|

You are welcome. I don't know what's going on, then, & it may be best to
leave you in Bear's hands. Seems you need an update.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
| Thanks for your help
|
| - (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File
tab, &
| click the RESET button.
| (5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
| Messages.
|
| I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"
|
| I only have inbox drafts
|
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
| away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
| Therefore...
|
| (1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
| (2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule
to
| delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing
more
| rules".
| (3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time".
| (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File tab,
&
| click the RESET button.
| (5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
| Messages.
| (6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"
|
| Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
| machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
| occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
| compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".
|
| Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...
|
| (1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
| (2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
| (3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Moonraker" wrote in message
| ...
| | in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the
top
| one,
| | empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the box are
greyed
| out
| |
| | when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they
are
| no
| | longer on server and puts a line through the heading
| |
| | many thanks Steve
| |
| | "jkb" nospam wrote in message
| | ...
| | Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not available,
I
| used to
| | browse through old messages and could access all of them.
| |
| | Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might
have
| the
| | deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

Never been a problem for me.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"PCR" wrote in message
...
That was something Dundat came up with. In fact, this rule should be
moved to the top as well. If "stop processing" is not used, the message
will be passed to the next rule-- & NOT be deleted! (Or so I understand
it.)


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| (2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule to
| delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing
more
| rules".
|
| Why stop processing more rules? I have lots of rules that apply to NG
posts.
| Why would I want to stop processing after filtering for age?
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|
|
|

Well, that sounds a little labor intensive. Even if it's only for this
purpose of resetting the NG(s), enable the Folders pane. I'm not still clear
how you navigate between folders without the Folders pane visible, but I
can't find a decent way to reset NGs without it.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Sorry, "inbox drafts" meant inbox through to drafts including outbox,
sent items and deleted items.

I access the newsgroup via the toolbar at the top of the page (in between
find and headers) or by "ctrl W"

I'm quite happy with not having an icon for newsgroups on the left hand
pane.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where are
your
Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File
tab,
&
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule to
delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing
more
rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time".
(4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File tab, &
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
| in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the top
one,
| empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the box are
greyed
out
|
| when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they are
no
| longer on server and puts a line through the heading
|
| many thanks Steve
|
| "jkb" nospam wrote in message
| ...
| Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not available, I
used to
| browse through old messages and could access all of them.
|
| Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might have
the
| deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.
|
|
|
|

Let me explain,

Back in 1999 we got this 'puter, it has been ill a couple of times, has
crashed two or three times, once due to a virus, have needed to reload
windows a couple of times for other reasons. and Beryl and my son (now 12)
has loaded allsorts on here.

We are still using OE that was loaded on back them, we have had no reason to
change to be honest

At the left hand pane there is the five O/E folders, and at the top of the
page I have FILEEDIT..etc

Below that is SENDCUTCOPYon to ADDRESSESFINDNEWSGROUPS and
HEADERS

For newsgroups (this is the only one I use) (and I don't know how I would
manage without you guys) I click on newsgroups at the top of the page, or
CTRL+W, which opens the newsgroups window,I then type in 98gen and as if
my magic you are there, as if you have just been waiting for me to have my
next crisis.

The reason for wiping my hard drive and upgrading to XP has nothing to do
with OE or newsgroups, , It has been suggested by several people, including
my brother in law , whom I call when I cannot fix this 'puter on my own.

As I am likely to upgrade to OE 6 when I upgrade to XP There is no real need
to worry about changing anything now .

Many thanks Steve

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Well, that sounds a little labor intensive. Even if it's only for this
purpose of resetting the NG(s), enable the Folders pane. I'm not still
clear
how you navigate between folders without the Folders pane visible, but I
can't find a decent way to reset NGs without it.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Sorry, "inbox drafts" meant inbox through to drafts including
outbox,
sent items and deleted items.

I access the newsgroup via the toolbar at the top of the page (in
between
find and headers) or by "ctrl W"

I'm quite happy with not having an icon for newsgroups on the left hand
pane.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Then how do you get to the newsgroup? What do you click on? Where are
your
Deleted, Outbox and Sent folders?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help

- (4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File
tab,
&
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.

I do not have "the newsgroup in the left pane of OE"

I only have inbox drafts


"PCR" wrote in message
...
I'm no gossip, &, anyhow, I doubt PA Bear hiccoughed your messages
away-- not that many! I guess some strange corruption occurred.
Therefore...

(1) "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact All Folders"
(2) At "OE, Tools menu, Message Rules, News", create a Message Rule
to
delete posts older than, say, 90 days. Also check "stop processing
more
rules".
(3) At "Tools, Options, Read tab", uncheck "Get xxx headers at a
time".
(4) R-Clk the NG in the left pane of OE, Properties, Local File tab,
&
click the RESET button.
(5) R-Clk the NG in the left pane, Synchronize Settings, set to All
Messages.
(6) Click "Tools, Synchronize Newsgroup"

Posts older than 90 days will not download. Posts that age on your
machine after the download are your responsibility to delete, by
occasionally going to that rule & clicking "Apply Now". After that,
compact: "OE, File menu, Folder, Compact all folders".

Colorado disagrees, but there is a cave-dwelling MVP around, who
says...

(1) "OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab".
(2) Uncheck "Delete news messages x days after being downloaded".
(3) Uncheck "Compact messages in the background".


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
| in maintenance, there are three check boxes at the top, only the
top
one,
| empty messages etc, is checked all the others on the box are
greyed
out
|
| when I am looking at the messages on this newsgroup it says they
are
no
| longer on server and puts a line through the heading
|
| many thanks Steve
|
| "jkb" nospam wrote in message
| ...
| Why are nearly all of the messages on this site not available,
I
used to
| browse through old messages and could access all of them.
|
| Check OE settings: Tools - Options - Maintenance. It might
have
the
| deletion options checked. OE by defualt does.
|
|
|
|