Mark L. Ferguson
April 8th 03, 01:18 AM
All catch up does is mark as read. Just select all, then mark as read
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Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
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"The White Rabbit" > wrote in message
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> I use OE to access a pay news server with HIGH retention. Some of the text
> newsgroups have upwards of 50k messages. So, naturally, I like to download
> all of them, sometimes not all but usually around 10k or so. Well, there's
> no problem until I attempt to "catch up" or "mark all as read". Now it
> doesn't ALWAYS crash, but I'd say about every third or fourth time. The
> processor will slam up to 100% and it will work for a few seconds, then I
> will get a blue screen stack dump error and be forced to reboot. It doesn't
> matter if there are only 3 unread messages. If it's in a newsgroup with
> like 10k or more headers, there's a good chance my computer's going to
> crash. Is there any fix for this, or am I just going to have to break down
> and buy Agent?
>
> --WR
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Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
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"The White Rabbit" > wrote in message
...
> I use OE to access a pay news server with HIGH retention. Some of the text
> newsgroups have upwards of 50k messages. So, naturally, I like to download
> all of them, sometimes not all but usually around 10k or so. Well, there's
> no problem until I attempt to "catch up" or "mark all as read". Now it
> doesn't ALWAYS crash, but I'd say about every third or fourth time. The
> processor will slam up to 100% and it will work for a few seconds, then I
> will get a blue screen stack dump error and be forced to reboot. It doesn't
> matter if there are only 3 unread messages. If it's in a newsgroup with
> like 10k or more headers, there's a good chance my computer's going to
> crash. Is there any fix for this, or am I just going to have to break down
> and buy Agent?
>
> --WR
>
>
>
>
> ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
> http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000
Newsgroups
> ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption
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