I've done something very silly. I tried to download messages from this
newsgroup that are older than the oldest listed in my Outlook Express (i.e.
before November 2009), and managed to lose them all.

Is there a registry value or something I can change to tell my PC to
re-download the old messages?

Regards,

Roger.

Phuket Roger wrote:

> I've done something very silly. I tried to download messages from this
> newsgroup that are older than the oldest listed in my Outlook Express (i.e.
> before November 2009), and managed to lose them all.
>
> Is there a registry value or something I can change to tell my PC to
> re-download the old messages?
>
> Regards,
>
> Roger.

Right-click on the newsgroup node in the tree list, select Properties, and
somewhere under there you will find a Reset function. That wipes away all
the posts and any tracking of previously downloaded posts. If you want to
download all posts again, also disable the option to only download N
messages at a time.

MSNews only keeps messages on their server for 90 days. Reset the group to
get all up till then.

While in a newsgroup: View | Current View. Make sure Show All Messages and
Group Messages By Conversation are checked.

Tools | Options | Read. Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. Then, right
click on the newsgroup in the Folder Tree | Properties | Local File |
Reset. Switch to another folder and then back and all available messages
will be downloaded again.

Or go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now and choose the
group, or server at the top and then Reset.

It would be a good idea to compact your folders when you're done.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

My personal preference is to disregard synchronizing and rather have OE
check for news when it checks for mail. Tools | Accounts | News. Check: "
Include this account...........".

Thanks VanguardLH - your info and Bruce's helped me get everything back.
Much appreciated.

Roger in Phuket.


"VanguardLH" <V> wrote in message
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Thanks Bruce - all posts now visible again. And yes, I will be doing a
compaction very soon. The reason I was searching through the newsgroup (and
accidentally lost everything - doh!) was that I have a question about
compaction and wanted to check recent posts about it. But I'll start a new
topic about that.

Thanks again,

Roger in Phuket.


"Bruce Hagen" <BRH> wrote in message
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