On 7/3/02 10:16 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I followed Paul's instructions to delete the account, trash prefs and remake >>> the account ... and it worked! >> >>> One word of warning to anyone else who tries this fix: Expect to lose ALL >>> your accounts (POP, IMAP, news), not just the account you deliberately >>> delete. >> >> Yesterday, after completing the above procedure, I remade all my accounts >> and resubscribed to all the newsgroups I wanted to receive. Last night, I >> shut down my computer as usual and this morning I rebooted. When I selected >> an MS news server and did a View>Subscribed Only, the subscribed-to MS >> groups showed up as they should, but so did two non-MS newsgroups that I had >> previously subscribed to via the Earthlink News Server. The Earthlink >> Server itself shows no subscribed groups (which is correct since I didn't >> resubscribe to any following yesterday's house cleaning). >> >> On a third server, I see duplicate entries for all the subscribed groups >> there. If I look at these groups in the Folder list, some of them have >> numbers after the titles (such as 3754 and 2277 -- all are different). >> >> I'm thinking I need to do a Database Rebuild but thought I'd ask first in >> case anyone thinks something else is going on. Everything else seems to be >> operating properly. Am I thinking right? >> > It may not be worth it, but it will probably fix it, for a while. I recall > that in Entourage 2001, the newsgroups were always getting out of order in > the Folder List, and even migrated to other servers as your seeing. (This > has never happened in Entourage X.) When you click on the server to see the > entire list of newsgroups -subscribed and unsubscribed - in the main window, > is everything correct there? No ghosts, only properly subscribed groups? Yes, everything is correct in the full newsgroup view. > If the Folder List bothers you, a rebuild should fix it. Odd things may > creep back, though, in E2001. I've never had nor heard of this problem before, but I'll take your word for it not being uncommon. If a Typical Rebuild will fix it (even if only for a while), I'll go for it. But I bet you're talking about an Advanced Rebuild? I'm not sure it's worth losing all my links. Beth -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
