The "downloaded messages" count is way off in OE now for this group?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
glee wrote:
9 ghosts right now on my end. (This will depend on which "slave"
newsserver you're connected to at the time.)

yep, 20 this time for me, but each time I acquire the number changes lots;
one time its 2 and another it could be... well I see it could be any
number really, with no consistency at all.

Take a peek at the web-access interface for this newsgroup and you'll have
an idea how badly FUBAR'ed the servers have been since the morning of the
23rd:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...n_discuss ion

Interesting....when I go there, this thread is listed, but if I click it,
it states there are no posts available in the thread. Other threads are
off also....one I am involved in currently (flash stick driver problem) has
20 posts, but the web access states only 12.....uh, now it states only 2.
Ah, now *this* thread ceased to exist altogether!

What a mess the web interface *continues* to be.....

I see brief & promising flashes of new posts/replies ("Community Content
Unavailable") but 10 minutes later, it's back to square one. In Win98 General,
the most recent thread showing is "flash stick driver prob for 98" from the very
early morning hours of 23 Dec-08.

Wonder what team of apes has been running the server farms since then? NB:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums has not been affected: Wonder if that
team of apes might help out?

PS: This does NOT bode well for "cloud computing," does it? eg

sarcasm Oh, it's "cloud" computing? Silly me, it looks more like clod computing.
It must be the Holiday Fill-in Ape Team. Hopefully soon they will return the
Regularly-Scheduled Idiots Team we all know and love. /sarcasm
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

I think it may be that Microsoft has opened its DNS and other servers for
other use [REAL dumb idea, same for amazonaws and Yahoo] see my other post
today.

Might also want to checkout the issues with MS SQL.... big problems..

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2328 Thousands of legitimate sites SQL
injected to serve IE exploit

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2333 Microsoft confirms SQL vulnerability


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http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel

Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
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"glee" wrote in message
...
| "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
| ...
| glee wrote:
| 9 ghosts right now on my end. (This will depend on which "slave"
| newsserver you're connected to at the time.)
|
| yep, 20 this time for me, but each time I acquire the number changes
lots;
| one time its 2 and another it could be... well I see it could be any
| number really, with no consistency at all.
|
| Take a peek at the web-access interface for this newsgroup and you'll
have
| an idea how badly FUBAR'ed the servers have been since the morning of
the
| 23rd:
|
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...n_discuss ion
|
| Interesting....when I go there, this thread is listed, but if I click
it,
| it states there are no posts available in the thread. Other threads
are
| off also....one I am involved in currently (flash stick driver problem)
has
| 20 posts, but the web access states only 12.....uh, now it states only
2.
| Ah, now *this* thread ceased to exist altogether!
|
| What a mess the web interface *continues* to be.....
|
| I see brief & promising flashes of new posts/replies ("Community Content
| Unavailable") but 10 minutes later, it's back to square one. In Win98
General,
| the most recent thread showing is "flash stick driver prob for 98" from
the very
| early morning hours of 23 Dec-08.
|
| Wonder what team of apes has been running the server farms since then?
NB:
| http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums has not been affected: Wonder
if that
| team of apes might help out?
|
| PS: This does NOT bode well for "cloud computing," does it? eg
|
| sarcasm Oh, it's "cloud" computing? Silly me, it looks more like clod
computing.
| It must be the Holiday Fill-in Ape Team. Hopefully soon they will return
the
| Regularly-Scheduled Idiots Team we all know and love. /sarcasm
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
| http://dts-l.net/
| http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
|

I think it may be that Microsoft has opened its DNS and other servers for
other use [REAL dumb idea, same for amazonaws and Yahoo] see my other post
today.

Might also want to checkout the issues with MS SQL.... big problems..

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2328 Thousands of legitimate sites SQL
injected to serve IE exploit

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2333 Microsoft confirms SQL vulnerability


--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel

Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
_ _
~~
"glee" wrote in message
...
| "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
| ...
| glee wrote:
| 9 ghosts right now on my end. (This will depend on which "slave"
| newsserver you're connected to at the time.)
|
| yep, 20 this time for me, but each time I acquire the number changes
lots;
| one time its 2 and another it could be... well I see it could be any
| number really, with no consistency at all.
|
| Take a peek at the web-access interface for this newsgroup and you'll
have
| an idea how badly FUBAR'ed the servers have been since the morning of
the
| 23rd:
|
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...n_discuss ion
|
| Interesting....when I go there, this thread is listed, but if I click
it,
| it states there are no posts available in the thread. Other threads
are
| off also....one I am involved in currently (flash stick driver problem)
has
| 20 posts, but the web access states only 12.....uh, now it states only
2.
| Ah, now *this* thread ceased to exist altogether!
|
| What a mess the web interface *continues* to be.....
|
| I see brief & promising flashes of new posts/replies ("Community Content
| Unavailable") but 10 minutes later, it's back to square one. In Win98
General,
| the most recent thread showing is "flash stick driver prob for 98" from
the very
| early morning hours of 23 Dec-08.
|
| Wonder what team of apes has been running the server farms since then?
NB:
| http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums has not been affected: Wonder
if that
| team of apes might help out?
|
| PS: This does NOT bode well for "cloud computing," does it? eg
|
| sarcasm Oh, it's "cloud" computing? Silly me, it looks more like clod
computing.
| It must be the Holiday Fill-in Ape Team. Hopefully soon they will return
the
| Regularly-Scheduled Idiots Team we all know and love. /sarcasm
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
| http://dts-l.net/
| http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
|

Has anyone else noted this problem with this win98 newsgroup recently, where
you routinely check in to look at messages (as a subscribed newsgroup), and
it often says something like "14 not downloaded...", yet there really is
nothing to download at this point in time? (but if you've waited awhile,
you will see and get new messages, so that part still works, at least)

I haven't seen that, but I saw that before xmas there were some
newsgroups-websites that was missing some posts..

What newsserver are you using? are you using microsofts own newsserver or?
(I haven't got any problem here but I'm using my internetproviders
newsserver allso for microsoft.* -newsgroups and are using opera
and not outlook depress)

And even if you select "Catch Up", and come right back again, it says nearly
the same thing (with 14 messages, or 7, or 3, or whatever number of
messages "not downloaded")? (And "Get Next Headers" has no effect here,
either)

sounds like a broken news-server....

Has anyone else noted this problem with this win98 newsgroup recently, where
you routinely check in to look at messages (as a subscribed newsgroup), and
it often says something like "14 not downloaded...", yet there really is
nothing to download at this point in time? (but if you've waited awhile,
you will see and get new messages, so that part still works, at least)

I haven't seen that, but I saw that before xmas there were some
newsgroups-websites that was missing some posts..

What newsserver are you using? are you using microsofts own newsserver or?
(I haven't got any problem here but I'm using my internetproviders
newsserver allso for microsoft.* -newsgroups and are using opera
and not outlook depress)

And even if you select "Catch Up", and come right back again, it says nearly
the same thing (with 14 messages, or 7, or 3, or whatever number of
messages "not downloaded")? (And "Get Next Headers" has no effect here,
either)

sounds like a broken news-server....

Bill in Co. wrote:
| Has anyone else noted this problem with this win98 newsgroup
| recently, where you routinely check in to look at messages (as a
| subscribed newsgroup), and it often says something like "14 not
| downloaded...", yet there really is nothing to download at this point
| in time? (but if you've waited awhile, you will see and get new
| messages, so that part still works, at least)
|
| And even if you select "Catch Up", and come right back again, it says
| nearly the same thing (with 14 messages, or 7, or 3, or whatever
| number of messages "not downloaded")? (And "Get Next Headers" has
| no effect here, either)
|
| I even unsubscibed and resubscribed to this newsgroup and all that a
| couple of times, and it still acts the same way.
|
| I do NOT have this problem with the other newsgroups I'm subscribed
| to, only this win98 one. Which is pretty weird.

Yep, right now 10 are "not downloaded". THANKS for starting this thread
& saving me from the rigmarole you've gone through! I guess I'll hold
off on all that-- until PA Bear or someone pronounces MS to have solved
it on their end! Then, I'll start with a Catch Up-- IF I see some still
are missing!

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

Bill in Co. wrote:
| Has anyone else noted this problem with this win98 newsgroup
| recently, where you routinely check in to look at messages (as a
| subscribed newsgroup), and it often says something like "14 not
| downloaded...", yet there really is nothing to download at this point
| in time? (but if you've waited awhile, you will see and get new
| messages, so that part still works, at least)
|
| And even if you select "Catch Up", and come right back again, it says
| nearly the same thing (with 14 messages, or 7, or 3, or whatever
| number of messages "not downloaded")? (And "Get Next Headers" has
| no effect here, either)
|
| I even unsubscibed and resubscribed to this newsgroup and all that a
| couple of times, and it still acts the same way.
|
| I do NOT have this problem with the other newsgroups I'm subscribed
| to, only this win98 one. Which is pretty weird.

Yep, right now 10 are "not downloaded". THANKS for starting this thread
& saving me from the rigmarole you've gone through! I guess I'll hold
off on all that-- until PA Bear or someone pronounces MS to have solved
it on their end! Then, I'll start with a Catch Up-- IF I see some still
are missing!

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