Viewing newsgroup messages

Running Windows Mail on Vista.
View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the last 2
days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so I
checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there has
been activity.

It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change to
"Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not had
any problem viewing messages.

Ideas please?

Check your "options" under "tools" in WM.
"Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the last
> 2
> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so I
> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there
> has
> been activity.
>
> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change to
> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not
> had
> any problem viewing messages.
>
> Ideas please?
>
>
>

"Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the last
> 2
> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so I
> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there
> has
> been activity.
>
> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change to
> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not
> had
> any problem viewing messages.
>
> Ideas please?
>
Click on Tools, then Options, then Read. If there's a check mark in the box
before Mark all messages as read when exiting a newsgroup, click on this
box, then Apply. Click on General. If there's no check mark in the box
before Send and receive messages at startup, click on this box, then Apply.
Click on OK.

Click on Tools, then Accounts, then your newsgroup account, then
Properties. If there's no check mark in the box before Include this account
when checking for new messages, click on this box, then Apply. Click on
OK, then Close.

Do this for each newsgroup you subscribe to: Right click on the newsgroup,
then click on Synchronization Settings. If the blue dot is before Don't
Synchronize, click on one of the other settings, such as New Messages Only.

<robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:u4wP5t0dIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Click on Tools, then Accounts, then your newsgroup account, then
> Properties. If there's no check mark in the box before Include this
> account
> when checking for new messages, click on this box, then Apply. Click on
> OK, then Close.

That was the culprit. Somehow it got unchecked. Thanks.

> > "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
>> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
>> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the last
>> 2
>> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so I
>> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there
>> has
>> been activity.
>>
>> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change to
>> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not
>> had
>> any problem viewing messages.
>>
>> Ideas please?
>>

You're welcome.

"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:zf6dnZjThrcFTl_anZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
> <robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:u4wP5t0dIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Click on Tools, then Accounts, then your newsgroup account, then
>> Properties. If there's no check mark in the box before Include this
>> account
>> when checking for new messages, click on this box, then Apply. Click on
>> OK, then Close.
>
> That was the culprit. Somehow it got unchecked. Thanks.
>
>> > "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
>>> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
>>> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the
>>> last 2
>>> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so
>>> I
>>> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there
>>> has
>>> been activity.
>>>
>>> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change
>>> to
>>> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not
>>> had
>>> any problem viewing messages.
>>>
>>> Ideas please?
>>>
>

Strange. I have accounts on 5 different news servers, and none have that
setting checked. Yet when I click on a newsgroup, all the headers for that
newsgroup download and appear within a matter of a few seconds.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:zf6dnZjThrcFTl_anZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>
> <robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message news:u4wP5t0dIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Click on Tools, then Accounts, then your newsgroup account, then
>> Properties. If there's no check mark in the box before Include this account
>> when checking for new messages, click on this box, then Apply. Click on
>> OK, then Close.
>
> That was the culprit. Somehow it got unchecked. Thanks.
>
>> > "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
>>> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
>>> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the last 2
>>> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so I
>>> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there has
>>> been activity.
>>>
>>> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change to
>>> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not had
>>> any problem viewing messages.
>>>
>>> Ideas please?
>>>
>

It is strange, but I won't argue with success.

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23dF6HlDeIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Strange. I have accounts on 5 different news servers, and none have that
> setting checked. Yet when I click on a newsgroup, all the headers for that
> newsgroup download and appear within a matter of a few seconds.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>
>
> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:zf6dnZjThrcFTl_anZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>> <robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
>> news:u4wP5t0dIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Click on Tools, then Accounts, then your newsgroup account, then
>>> Properties. If there's no check mark in the box before Include this
>>> account
>>> when checking for new messages, click on this box, then Apply. Click on
>>> OK, then Close.
>>
>> That was the culprit. Somehow it got unchecked. Thanks.
>>
>>> > "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>>> news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
>>>> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
>>>> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the
>>>> last 2
>>>> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so
>>>> I
>>>> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there
>>>> has
>>>> been activity.
>>>>
>>>> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change
>>>> to
>>>> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have
>>>> not had
>>>> any problem viewing messages.
>>>>
>>>> Ideas please?
>>>>
>>
>
>

Thanks for your feedback.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:TZSdnSXD0cc5ilnanZ2dnUVZ_hisnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> It is strange, but I won't argue with success.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message news:%23dF6HlDeIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Strange. I have accounts on 5 different news servers, and none have that
>> setting checked. Yet when I click on a newsgroup, all the headers for that
>> newsgroup download and appear within a matter of a few seconds.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
>>
>>
>> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:zf6dnZjThrcFTl_anZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>
>>> <robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message news:u4wP5t0dIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Click on Tools, then Accounts, then your newsgroup account, then
>>>> Properties. If there's no check mark in the box before Include this account
>>>> when checking for new messages, click on this box, then Apply. Click on
>>>> OK, then Close.
>>>
>>> That was the culprit. Somehow it got unchecked. Thanks.
>>>
>>>> > "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:fPydnafu6s3rYVzanZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>>> Running Windows Mail on Vista.
>>>>> View setting is "Hide Read Messages"
>>>>> I've been wondering why there has been no newsgroup activity for the last 2
>>>>> days. I suspected there was a problem with my WM newsgroup accounts, so I
>>>>> checked the newsgroups on my XP machine using OE6 and sure enough there has
>>>>> been activity.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that WM is marking all messages as read, although if I change to
>>>>> "Show all messages" I still don't get to see them. Previously I have not had
>>>>> any problem viewing messages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideas please?
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>