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"Duke of URL" wrote in message ... CatNipped wrote: "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... For quite some time now my server has not been collecting all posts on rpca, although it was kind enough to tell me so. It would say at the bottom of the screen "xxx posts unread, xxxx not downloaded." The undownloaded posts increased and increased in number. I fiddled around with the settings to no avail. The instruction "download all messages" didn't seem to mean a thing to this reluctant server. I began to wonder what it might be about these posts that I wasn't allowed to see. Was my server operating its own form of censorship I asked myself? ;-) Until this morning, that is. I signed in this morning and was merrily reading away when suddenly my screen gave a sort of twitch, like an up and down movement. Yep, suddenly and for no apparent reason my server has seen fit to let me have a look at over a thousand posts it was previously keeping to itself!! Some of them have already expired from the server, dating back to when I was in hospital in May so I guess I'll not know what *they* said. So many things have happened to you all that I didn't know about! I shan't be able to read them all, but if you get a reply from me to a post you sent a while ago, this is wh And you DID call the ISP, right? No. You called them several times during the blockage, right? No. And you called them when the massive message dump occurred, right? No. A couple of them go right back to last Christmas.. OE only lets you download 1,000 posts at a time, so if I haven't been on the group for a week or so I can't get all the posts. NOT true. That's what the wee button "Get next XXX messages" is for. I have mine set to 1000, yes, but that's just for my convenience. I suspect it is nothing to do with any of these things. It used to happen on my old computer sometimes and I had a different newsreader as well then, but never as many "not downloaded" before as now, or just before now actually!, since I now seem to have them all. 3752 messages, 170 unread. Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Are you using Outlook Express or another newsreader? Can you set the number of downloaded messages it allows? Hugs, CatNipped Yes, and yes. It is set to download 1000 at a time. Tweed I leave the box unticked, that way all the headers are downloaded, -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Are you using Outlook Express or another newsreader? Can you set the number of downloaded messages it allows? Hugs, CatNipped Yes, and yes. It is set to download 1000 at a time. Tweed I leave the box unticked, that way all the headers are downloaded, ISTR that a number needs to be specified, not a case of leaving a box unticked, it's an ^ (the other way up) choose a number. There is no reason at all that I can see why they shouldn't all download as they arrive as I have my computer set to collect mails/posts every five minutes except when I go out or to bed, when I switch the computer off. There is plenty of room for them on my HD. I am as lucky as you, got broadband in this area in the last few months. Wonderful, isn't it? Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Are you using Outlook Express or another newsreader? Can you set the number of downloaded messages it allows? Hugs, CatNipped Yes, and yes. It is set to download 1000 at a time. Tweed I leave the box unticked, that way all the headers are downloaded, ISTR that a number needs to be specified, not a case of leaving a box unticked, it's an ^ (the other way up) choose a number. There is no reason at all that I can see why they shouldn't all download as they arrive as I have my computer set to collect mails/posts every five minutes except when I go out or to bed, when I switch the computer off. There is plenty of room for them on my HD. I am as lucky as you, got broadband in this area in the last few months. Wonderful, isn't it? Tweed If you specify a number that's how many get downloaded, the default is 300 the maximum is 1000, some of the binary groups easily exceed 1000 headers, particularly talking books, that's why I leave the box unticked. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: Are you using Outlook Express or another newsreader? Can you set the number of downloaded messages it allows? Hugs, CatNipped Yes, and yes. It is set to download 1000 at a time. Tweed I leave the box unticked, that way all the headers are downloaded, ISTR that a number needs to be specified, not a case of leaving a box unticked, it's an ^ (the other way up) choose a number. There is no reason at all that I can see why they shouldn't all download as they arrive as I have my computer set to collect mails/posts every five minutes except when I go out or to bed, when I switch the computer off. There is plenty of room for them on my HD. I am as lucky as you, got broadband in this area in the last few months. Wonderful, isn't it? Tweed If you specify a number that's how many get downloaded, the default is 300 the maximum is 1000, some of the binary groups easily exceed 1000 headers, particularly talking books, that's why I leave the box unticked. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Ahh, now I understand, having looked properly this time! Duh. I have unticked the box. Thanks, Adrian :-) Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
"Duke of URL" wrote in message ... CatNipped wrote: Are you using Outlook Express? Can you set the number of downloaded messages it allows? The answer is "yes". Hey, gimme a chance ;-) I am 6 hours ahead and was in bed then..and out visiting all day today! Heh. |
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