helpme
Mon Jun 09 12:26:00 PDT 2008
Bear
Thanks for all your help, I never did any of the things you mentioned but I
will now.
Bill
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
> Identity. Try one or more of your news & mail accounts in a new Named
> Identity (File | Identities | Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1)
> compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old
> identity into the new one, (3) configure all new accounts in the new
> identity, and then (4) delete the old one (File | Identities | Manage
> Identities).
>
> To avoid such corruption in future:
>
> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> - Disable Background Compacting [removed in WinXP SP2] and frequently
> perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
>
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
>
> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and
> do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
> Automatic Compacting is taking place.
>
> - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
> corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
> and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
>
> <QP>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
> are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
> incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
> email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
> make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
> Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
> the most recent virus definitions.
> </QP>
>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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>
>
> bill wrote:
> > Bear
> > finally got the newsgroups back from verizon after a week of battling with
> > them,
> > the tech's on the line with me 1 hour all of a sudden they start
> > appearing,
> > magic I guess.
> > the problem is I can get them If i go to the news group right click, go to
> > properties,
> > local files,and reset. I then can synchronize and they will start to
> > appear, but if I go to another group and go back they're gone, I have to
> > redo the procedure allover to get them back. It also shows 0 messages 0
> > unread yet there's 3120 messages on the server.
> > Why me I live a clean life?
> > Bill
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> OE can only detect & display messages residing on the newsserver. If a
> >> message is removed from the server, it WILL be removed in OE the next
> >> time
> >> OE synchronizes with the server. The MS newsserver archives messages for
> >> a
> >> minimum of 90 days. The newsserver you're referring to may have a much
> >> shorter archival period (e.g., 24 hours), Bill.
> >>
> >>
> >> bill wrote:
> >>> Mike
> >>> The options are set right, But my messages never return. I have msnnews
> >>> also
> >>> in OE6 and that works right.
> >>> Bill
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Michael Santovec" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Select a newsgroup, then View, Current View. Is hide read messages
> >>>> checked? If so, select Show All Messages. If you messages return,
> >>>> you've likely set Tools, Options, Read, Mark all messages as read when
> >>>> leaving a newsgroup.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "bill" <helpme.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:79B37405-0FE2-4A18-AF4A-95792A34E214@microsoft.com...
> >>>>> After a week of battling with Verizon, I finally got my newsgroups
> >>>>> back.
> >>>>> Now I can't keep them in oe6 after they are synchronized. I can get
> >>>>> them to
> >>>>> download but after i get out and come back they're gone, I should be
> >>>>> able to
> >>>>> keep them to read offline. Has anyone else had this problem, I checked
> >>>>> all
> >>>>> the options
> >>>>> with my other newsgroups in OE6, which work fine, Somehow this Verizon
> >>>>> newsgroup must be corrupt and I don't know how to fix it. is anyone
> >>>>> familiar
> >>>>> with this problem, I could use the help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks, Bill
>
>