newsgroup help

Aug 26, 2003 3 Replies

I am getting this message when I attempt to use my newsgroups .......anyboody else experiencing problems? Pami


Message is no longer available on the server Outlook Express is unable to retrieve the requested message because the server no longer has the message available.


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I get that all the time. Sometimes it means the message is old on the server. Each server gets to decide how long a message will be available. Mine keeps them about a week or a bit more. If there is a line through the subject header thats what has happened. Google archives will still have it but my server doesnt. Sometimes tho it just means I walked away from the computer long enough that the connection between my system and the newsgroup server was disconnected. Clicking on the message again will fix that. HTH Diana

I agree with Diana. Most of the time for me it is because I walked away too long, I have found if I click on the one above or below the one I want, they come up quickly then that seems to activate everything and I can read each and every one of them. Marilyn

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