i did something.......oooops!!!

Sep 01, 2003 6 Replies
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Hi Everyone,



Got a strange situation, it may make me sound totally computer illiterate but its got me all confused over here, and let me tell you its not hard to do....LOL Anyway I was bored and messing around with the newsgroup, clicking buttons and exploring (like I had mentioned earlier I am NEW to this newsgroup thing!!!) and next to the name of this newsgroup earlier before I started playing with all the buttons in parenthesis it had a number like



2914 now it has gone down to 406 what did I do???? LOL anyone else get in trouble for playing with the buttons? lol Any suggestions will put my mind at ease on what it is I did to this thing, I wouldnt want to miss any posts, since I am now addicted finding myself checking every hour or so!!! LOL Thank you

Tracy in Michigan


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that number is howmany UNread posts there are...it's good if it's going down ;)

Kellar

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Kellar. Boy do I feel like dumb.....LOL thanks for the info none the less : )

Tracy

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you are downloading the Headers....that is why the numbers are going down... you can set the amount of Headers you want downloaded each time by going to Tools>Options>

goto Tools>Options>

and check the box that says.... "Mark all messages as read when exiting a newsgroup" and all the numbers will be 0 when you come back to the group:)

Jan

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OK my turn to make you all look smart... which tab is the "Mark all messages as read when exiting a newsgroup" on. I could find tools>options, but couldn't find the above checkbox.

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I am using Outlook Express6... and it is under Tools>Options>Read tab....... then look under the "News" section of that tab.... 2 checkboxes...

  1. sets the amount of Headers to download at one given time....(I have mine set for 1,000)
  2. Marks all messages as read when exiting newsgroup.....

Jan

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Ahhhh found it. Thanks for holding my hand Jan.

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