OT: New Posts not downloading

What ISP are you using? A few months ago, Earthlink changed their news service provider. That caused problems for many people. The fix was to unsubscribe and then resubscribe to the various news groups. I suggest that you try that.

You may have to reset the newsgroups you are having problems with. I did earlier this year. Earthlink is my ISP. In OE you right click the newgroup in question, select properties/ local file /reset. You will loose all messages and headers but in my case everything began working fine. Good luck with it. Lyndell

Yes, but I'm with embarq, not earthlink. I've had to wipe the newsgroups entirely and re-subscribe. Service is still spotty.

Is this an OE problem or is it my ISP, or is it somewhere further ouot on the web?

Flash

Most likely it's an OE problem with your message index. If you're using OE 6.0

Try:

1. Unsubscribe from the new groups you're having trouble with.

1. Click on "Tools, then the "Maintenance" tab, then the "Clean Up Now..." button, followed by the "Reset" button.

2. Close all the "Option" windows and exit OE.

1. Restart OE.

2. Re-subscribe to the news groups removed in step one.

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Lew

I had that problem some time back, turned out that for some freak reason my computer's date was wrong... . Might be something to check. I went through three days of frustration looking for the problem till I figured it out. I use OE too and am a non Earthlink subscriber Kate

Thanks

Sometimes, for whatever reason, the news server may reset the article numbers in a newsgroup back to zero. Your newsreader keeps track of the last article you've read, so you won't see new posts unless you reset your newsreader back to zero by unsubscribing and resubscribing to the newsgroup. That may or may not be the case here, but it's worth trying.

Jerry