Insuring a Harley in the UK... Which company?

JMark wrote:
> Al wrote:

>> Something's corrupt. Dump the server, close T-Bird, re-open and add
>> it back. If that doesn't work you may have to go into the
>> Mozilla/T-bird directory (w/ T-Bird closed) and manually dump the
>> offending server and all of it's files. Then add the 'new' server in
>> T-bird and resubscribe to the groups.

> I'll second that. The server(s) you use to access usenet may have been
> canged/modified/resent recently and odd stuff like that needs an
> unsubscribe, and then a wipe of the "news" directory. The "news"
> directory is fairly well hidden. Get into Windows Explorer" [old file
> manager and not IE] then go to the Local Disk. Then:
>
> Documents and settings
> Applications data
> Thunderbird
> profiles
> xxxxx.default (if there are more than 1 use the latest file date)
> news
>
> Once in the news directory, clean it out. The files will be regenerated.
> If it doesn't appear to be self-explanatory - then maybe don't do it.
>
> I don't have any of the message sorting problems you indicate either.
> I'm using V1.5.0.10 that is about a year old. Easy to use - EXCEPT -
> the bars at the top of the messages window that are global sort changes.
> I hit the "subject" bar often by mistake going after the top message
> and then have to go back into "view" then "sort by" to fix it back.

Thanks, I tried all that. I think the threading problem is resolved or
at least resolvable. But each time I leave the newsgroup are to the mail
area and return, it's still treating it like an unsubscribed group. I'll
check with their forums, see if I can get an answer there. Thanks for
the suggestions and any others. Have a nice cold Yuengling on me.

Schmoe wrote:
> JMark wrote:
>> Al wrote:
>
>>> Something's corrupt. Dump the server, close T-Bird, re-open and add
>>> it back. If that doesn't work you may have to go into the
>>> Mozilla/T-bird directory (w/ T-Bird closed) and manually dump the
>>> offending server and all of it's files. Then add the 'new' server in
>>> T-bird and resubscribe to the groups.
>
>> I'll second that. The server(s) you use to access usenet may have
>> been canged/modified/resent recently and odd stuff like that needs an
>> unsubscribe, and then a wipe of the "news" directory. The "news"
>> directory is fairly well hidden. Get into Windows Explorer" [old file
>> manager and not IE] then go to the Local Disk. Then:
>>
>> Documents and settings
>> Applications data
>> Thunderbird
>> profiles
>> xxxxx.default (if there are more than 1 use the latest file date)
>> news
>>
>> Once in the news directory, clean it out. The files will be
>> regenerated. If it doesn't appear to be self-explanatory - then maybe
>> don't do it.
>>
>> I don't have any of the message sorting problems you indicate either.
>> I'm using V1.5.0.10 that is about a year old. Easy to use - EXCEPT -
>> the bars at the top of the messages window that are global sort
>> changes. I hit the "subject" bar often by mistake going after the top
>> message and then have to go back into "view" then "sort by" to fix it
>> back.
>
> Thanks, I tried all that. I think the threading problem is resolved or
> at least resolvable. But each time I leave the newsgroup are to the mail
> area and return, it's still treating it like an unsubscribed group. I'll
> check with their forums, see if I can get an answer there. Thanks for
> the suggestions and any others. Have a nice cold Yuengling on me.

I've had similar problems - it was at the news server. Maybe check with
your ISP or whoever your news server is.

What happens here is my ISP will mess with the news server and then it's
as if no message identifiers remain constant at each request. You get
new messages, but also the others you already marked as read. I ring
them up and then after they reply to "unsubscribe" - the subsequent
"subscribe" works. They never indicate what was up.

The one thing I didn't mention before was a right click on the news
server on the TBird main page, "properties" and then "remove account" -
in addition to cleaning out the directory mentioned in the last message.

Was that a PA Yuengling? They started making the stuff over in Tampa
and it's not quite the same. Have a virtual Old Speckled Hen on me -
but the real ones are better.

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JMark