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Thread ID: 7671	2001-02-08 04:06:00	Usenet confusion?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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8478	2001-02-08 04:06:00	I read the article in the latest PC World about usenet and used Outlook to connect to a number of useful looking groups. I set it downloading and went to bed and looked in the morning. Plenty of messages as described but no full 'sets' so I figured the missing message parts would be in the next postings. 5 nights and 3 GB's of files later (luckily I have a fast hug connection) and not one complete message to recompile! I get file 1/7, 3/7, 4/7, 7/7 or similar. I set Outlook to synchronise 'All messages' but I seem to miss many of the posts? Looking throught Outlook help it would seem that Outlook does the conversion into files 1-7 and therefore they should all be posted at the same time. What am I doing wrong?	Guest (0)
8479	2001-02-08 20:26:00	You're not doing anything wrong. The problem is with your ISP. Their news service is not, for whatever reason, providing you with a complete/comprehensive feed. Your situation is fairly common - some ISP's are better than other.	Guest (0)
8480	2001-02-08 22:57:00	Can I use another news server other than the one provided by my ISP. I have no trouble getting mail from other ISP's by adding thier POP server addresess etc, can the same be done for News servers? Is there any recommeded as reliable?	Guest (0)
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