On both machines with which I access this ng, the newsreader (the filthy Outlook Express) regularly reports that there are x messages not downloaded (atm it's 12). Is there something on the ng server that is sniffing out advertisiting, viruses and other filth posted by spamming tossers, and we are being protected from, or is there something wrong with my newsreader and I'm missing potentially important messages.

Anyone experience the same thing?

Matthew

Matthew Wilson wrote:

>On both machines with which I access this ng, the newsreader (the filthy
>Outlook Express) regularly reports that there are x messages not downloaded
>(atm it's 12). Is there something on the ng server that is sniffing out
>advertisiting, viruses and other filth posted by spamming tossers, and we
>are being protected from, or is there something wrong with my newsreader and
>I'm missing potentially important messages.
>
>Anyone experience the same thing?
>
>Matthew
>
>
>  
>
Not me. Parhaps you need to look at your newsgroup account setting (download all).  The 12 message are probably old.  D rarely has spam, but I doubt that's due to a filter. 

-Anderson

"J Anderson" <anderson@badmama.com.au.REMOVE> wrote in message news:bns37b$2cip$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Matthew Wilson wrote:
>
> >On both machines with which I access this ng, the newsreader (the filthy Outlook Express) regularly reports that there are x messages not
downloaded
> >(atm it's 12). Is there something on the ng server that is sniffing out advertisiting, viruses and other filth posted by spamming tossers, and we are being protected from, or is there something wrong with my newsreader
and
> >I'm missing potentially important messages.
> >
> >Anyone experience the same thing?
> Not me. Parhaps you need to look at your newsgroup account setting (download all).  The 12 message are probably old.  D rarely has spam, but I doubt that's due to a filter.

I've tried all the settings, and it still happens. And the settings are different on the two machines.

:(

Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)

(I feel too weak even to try looking after what to
hit here...)

Cheers,
Sz.


"Matthew Wilson" <matthew-hat@-stlsoft-dot.-org> wrote in message news:bns3v9$2dg9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "J Anderson" <anderson@badmama.com.au.REMOVE> wrote in message news:bns37b$2cip$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Matthew Wilson wrote:
> >
> > >On both machines with which I access this ng, the newsreader (the filthy Outlook Express) regularly reports that there are x messages not
> downloaded
> > >(atm it's 12). Is there something on the ng server that is sniffing out advertisiting, viruses and other filth posted by spamming tossers, and we are being protected from, or is there something wrong with my newsreader
> and
> > >I'm missing potentially important messages.
> > >
> > >Anyone experience the same thing?
> > Not me. Parhaps you need to look at your newsgroup account setting (download all).  The 12 message are probably old.  D rarely has spam, but I doubt that's due to a filter.
>
> I've tried all the settings, and it still happens. And the settings are different on the two machines.
>
> :(
>
>

Yeah it's a weird one. I'm certain that the bulk of those that you mention are old messages. On one of my machines I deleted the account and when I brought it back there was a similar number that were not downloaded.

However, what I get on the main machine, which gets kept up to date, is that every couple of days there are a handful of "not dowloaded"s, which makes me wonder whether my OE, or the DM server, is filtering them. Sometimes I read a message and it's clearly been an answer to one I've not seen, so I might be missing important things (since all you folks have words of gold!)

Oh well, other things are calling me away ...

"Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:bnsc9g$2p7o$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
> says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)
>
> (I feel too weak even to try looking after what to
> hit here...)
>
> Cheers,
> Sz.
>
>
> "Matthew Wilson" <matthew-hat@-stlsoft-dot.-org> wrote in message
news:bns3v9$2dg9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >
> > "J Anderson" <anderson@badmama.com.au.REMOVE> wrote in message news:bns37b$2cip$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > Matthew Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > > >On both machines with which I access this ng, the newsreader (the
filthy
> > > >Outlook Express) regularly reports that there are x messages not
> > downloaded
> > > >(atm it's 12). Is there something on the ng server that is sniffing
out
> > > >advertisiting, viruses and other filth posted by spamming tossers,
and we
> > > >are being protected from, or is there something wrong with my
newsreader
> > and
> > > >I'm missing potentially important messages.
> > > >
> > > >Anyone experience the same thing?
> > > Not me. Parhaps you need to look at your newsgroup account setting (download all).  The 12 message are probably old.  D rarely has spam, but I doubt that's due to a filter.
> >
> > I've tried all the settings, and it still happens. And the settings are different on the two machines.
> >
> > :(
> >
> >
>
>

In this case, I have 11549 messages downloaded, 0 unread.
My newsreader shows some other thing that is very strange, though.
All messages from 5th of March this year until 26th of October has
disappeared. A few weeks ago, I had the messages to about
25th of September. Maybe Outlook Express has reached a limit?

Lars Ivar Igesund

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew-hat@-stlsoft-dot.-org> wrote in message news:bnscgd$2pkm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Yeah it's a weird one. I'm certain that the bulk of those that you mention are old messages. On one of my machines I deleted the account and when I brought it back there was a similar number that were not downloaded.
>
> However, what I get on the main machine, which gets kept up to date, is
that
> every couple of days there are a handful of "not dowloaded"s, which makes
me
> wonder whether my OE, or the DM server, is filtering them. Sometimes I
read
> a message and it's clearly been an answer to one I've not seen, so I might be missing important things (since all you folks have words of gold!)
>
> Oh well, other things are calling me away ...
>
> "Luna Kid" <lunakid@neuropolis.org> wrote in message news:bnsc9g$2p7o$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
> > says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)
> >
> > (I feel too weak even to try looking after what to
> > hit here...)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sz.
> >
> >
> > "Matthew Wilson" <matthew-hat@-stlsoft-dot.-org> wrote in message
> news:bns3v9$2dg9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > >
> > > "J Anderson" <anderson@badmama.com.au.REMOVE> wrote in message news:bns37b$2cip$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > > Matthew Wilson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >On both machines with which I access this ng, the newsreader (the
> filthy
> > > > >Outlook Express) regularly reports that there are x messages not
> > > downloaded
> > > > >(atm it's 12). Is there something on the ng server that is sniffing
> out
> > > > >advertisiting, viruses and other filth posted by spamming tossers,
> and we
> > > > >are being protected from, or is there something wrong with my
> newsreader
> > > and
> > > > >I'm missing potentially important messages.
> > > > >
> > > > >Anyone experience the same thing?
> > > > Not me. Parhaps you need to look at your newsgroup account setting (download all).  The 12 message are probably old.  D rarely has
spam,
> > > > but I doubt that's due to a filter.
> > >
> > > I've tried all the settings, and it still happens. And the settings
are
> > > different on the two machines.
> > >
> > > :(
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Luna Kid wrote:
> Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
> says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)

Have you tried right-clicking on the newsgroup in the tree and then selecting "Catch up"?

I have no idea what this actually does, but it seems to help in these cases.


Hauke

I've tried any permutation you can think of, to no avail. Guess I'll have to remain ignorant of the totality of the ng gems. ;)

"Hauke Duden" <H.NS.Duden@gmx.net> wrote in message news:bntgg6$1on2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Luna Kid wrote:
> > Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
> > says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)
>
> Have you tried right-clicking on the newsgroup in the tree and then selecting "Catch up"?
>
> I have no idea what this actually does, but it seems to help in these
cases.
>
>
> Hauke
>

Hauke Duden wrote:

> Luna Kid wrote:
>
>> Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
>> says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)
>
>
> Have you tried right-clicking on the newsgroup in the tree and then selecting "Catch up"?
>
> I have no idea what this actually does, but it seems to help in these cases.
>
>
> Hauke
>
Catch up - Simply marks all the messages as read.

Parhaps "canceled messages" are not being download (you can cancel your own messages in mozilla)?

PS - I've experienced this kinda thing on the mainstream newsgroups, so you are not alone.  You should compare what you have downloaded to the website version (as it shouldn't be missing any), if possible.

J Anderson wrote:

> Hauke Duden wrote:
>
>> Luna Kid wrote:
>>
>>> Matt, I'm afraid it's of not much help, but my OE
>>> says I have 14076 messages not downloaded... :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you tried right-clicking on the newsgroup in the tree and then selecting "Catch up"?
>>
>> I have no idea what this actually does, but it seems to help in these cases.
>>
>>
>> Hauke
>>
> Catch up - Simply marks all the messages as read.
>
> Parhaps "canceled messages" are not being download (you can cancel your own messages in mozilla)?
>
> PS - I've experienced this kinda thing on the mainstream newsgroups, so you are not alone.  You should compare what you have downloaded to the website version (as it shouldn't be missing any), if possible.
>
On other thoughts, parhaps 14076 means, the message headers you haven't clicked on (hence undownloaded)

PS - I love this newsgroup because you don't get nailed for asking questions such as this one.