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We just upgraded to IE 5.5 and when we resubscribed to LUGNET we are not able to download the headers for older messages in some groups. We used to be able to see the messages for a year. Rose (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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I am assuming that you mean you use Outlook Express with IE5.5, if so, hopefully this will help. If not, just ignore my post. :-) Under the Tools menu there is a 'Get next 300 headers' command which should help. There is also a 'get next headers' (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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Also under Tools/Options/Read, you can set the number of headers to 1000. Unfortunately, the 'Get next headers' menu command or toolbar button doesn't allow getting anything past the first 1000 messages. If anyone knows a way around this, I'd sure (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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I just tried it out, and clicking the toolbar button repeatedly downloads the next # headers. I download over 2000 (300 per click) before I stopped trying it. Bryan Beckwith FUT: lugnet.admin.nntp "Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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Bryan's right; it was a user error on my part. I had right-clicked on each news group and selected 'Catch Up', which acted as if I had once downloaded and later deleted all postings. By right-clicking on the newsgroup, selecting 'Properties' and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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Well this works with the groups that I could previously download old messages from. However, I can not download messages from some groups, trains, dear Lego, town, etc. Rose "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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Rose, I probably indirectly answered this on admin.nntp, so if you already tried this and it didn't work, please let me know... For each newsgroup that you can't download more headers: - right click on the group - select Properties - select Local (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Help with newsreader IE5.5
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"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:GB0uA0.IqM@lugnet.com... (...) tried this and it didn't work, please let me know... (...) newsgroup, but you'll be able to get all of the headers as Bryan (...) you back where you are (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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