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More info?)
But if his server is synching with the msnews server, then it may also be
dropping posts over 90 days old.
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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OiU9NhUhFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> But he's not using the MS server(s), so we don't know about the sever he
> is using (NTL?).
>
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> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
>
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>
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>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u2hacAHhFHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>>> Different newsservers have different retention policies. Some keep
>>> messages available for only a short period of time (e.g., 24 hours, 7
>>> days). The MS newsserver (news://msnews.microsoft.com) keeps them
>>> available for 90+ days as a rule.
>>
>> Which is why he probably lost older ones. He's got all new mail/news
>> stores, the old ones were likely corrupted by the loss of power,
>> especially if OE was open at the time it occured.
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u5Kt7ABhFHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Are you referring to newsgroup messages already downloaded into OE or
>>> newsgroup messages you'd Copied to a local OE folder?
>>>
>>> Assuming the former, right-click on the newsgroup in Folders pane >
>>> Properties > Local file > Reset. When you next poll the newsgroup
>>> for messages, all messages currently residing on the newsserver you
>>> use (it's not the MS newsserver) will be downloaded again.
>>>
>>> Different newsservers have different retention policies. Some keep
>>> messages available for only a short period of time (e.g., 24 hours, 7
>>> days). The MS newsserver (news://msnews.microsoft.com) keeps them
>>> available for 90+ days as a rule.
>>> --
>>> OE6-specific newsgroup:
>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
>>> OE General newsgroup:
>>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
>>>
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP
>>>
>>> Inside Outlook Express
>>>
http://www.insideoe.com
>>>
>>> Alan Holmes wrote:
>>>> I had a sudden cut of power, when the computer came back on and I
>>>> tried to download the latest headers, the damned thing decided to
>>>> discard all articles before march this year, so I've lost a large
>>>> number of
>>>> kept articles going back about a year.
>>>>
>>>> Why the hell did his happen?
>>>>
>>>> Can I recover the lost articles?
>>>>
>>>> How can I stop this happening?
>
>