Re: UseNet group message threading all messed up

[Daniel]

On 11/09/2017 2:27 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

Daniel wrote:


In one (and only one) of my UseNet groups, rec.arts.drwho, the
threading of all the old threads has become messed up, in that, when
I select a message, from an old thread, the message and header
displayed in the Message Pane can be something totally different to
that shown in the Threads Pane.

Selecting the next message in the Threads Pane can result in a
message from a totally different thread being displayed  even a
message from the last displayed Thread being displayed.

As I've got the number of Unread messages in the News Group down to
about 39,000 unread out of a total 177,000 posts, so I'm not wanting
to delete the index file and "start" anew, so has anybody got any
suggestions how I might reconstruct that index file without having
to start from scratch, 177,000 unread out of 177,000??


If the unread count were something more reasonable than 39,000, I'd
suggest this, which has worked for me:

1) Select all, mark as read.

2) Change view settings to all messages, all threads, unthreaded, sorted
by date.

3) Scroll to the new end of the list, select the last day (or whatever
time corresponds to the period since you last read messages). Mark those
as unread.

4) Restore view settings to all messages, threads with unread, threaded,
sorted by date.

But with 39,000 unread messages, it seems unmanageable, at least for
this speed reader. ;-)

Any chance you can restore an older version -- say, last week's -- of
the index file from backup?


Funny you mention using a backup file, Paul!!

After making my post last night, I was thinking of copying/re-naming the 
index file, so that a new file would be created when next I addressed 
the group which would show all 177,000 messages as UnRead.


Then I was going to try editing the new index file to try and reflect 
the contents of the old file ... to see if that would then correct the 
problem.


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Re: UseNet group message threading all messed up

[Daniel]

On 11/09/2017 12:56 AM, WaltS48 wrote:

On 9/10/17 8:33 AM, Daniel wrote:

In one (and only one) of my UseNet groups, rec.arts.drwho, the
threading of all the old threads has become messed up, in that, when I
select a message, from an old thread, the message and header displayed
in the Message Pane can be something totally different to that shown
in the Threads Pane.

Selecting the next message in the Threads Pane can result in a message
from a totally different thread being displayed  even a message
from the last displayed Thread being displayed.

As I've got the number of Unread messages in the News Group down to
about 39,000 unread out of a total 177,000 posts, so I'm not wanting
to delete the index file and "start" anew, so has anybody got any
suggestions how I might reconstruct that index file without having to
start from scratch, 177,000 unread out of 177,000??



Select another newsgroup, select a message (read or unread), after it
displays try the posts in re.arts.drwho again.

I see that problem occasionally in Mozilla groups and that fixes it for me.

Thanks for the suggestion, Walt, but normally, when I go to my UseNet 
server, I read a couple of Linux groups messages, a couple of Star Trek 
group messages and then spend the rest of the evening reading the Doctor 
Who group ... which is causing the problems.


Sometimes, I would then re-select one of the other groups but not 
necessarily read any posts (often there are any new posts in the other 
groups). Then, when I re-select r.a.drwho, the messages are still mucked 
up!!


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Re: UseNet group message threading all messed up

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Daniel wrote:


In one (and only one) of my UseNet groups, rec.arts.drwho, the
threading of all the old threads has become messed up, in that, when
I select a message, from an old thread, the message and header
displayed in the Message Pane can be something totally different to
that shown in the Threads Pane.

Selecting the next message in the Threads Pane can result in a
message from a totally different thread being displayed  even a
message from the last displayed Thread being displayed.

As I've got the number of Unread messages in the News Group down to
about 39,000 unread out of a total 177,000 posts, so I'm not wanting
to delete the index file and "start" anew, so has anybody got any
suggestions how I might reconstruct that index file without having
to start from scratch, 177,000 unread out of 177,000??


If the unread count were something more reasonable than 39,000, I'd 
suggest this, which has worked for me:


1) Select all, mark as read.

2) Change view settings to all messages, all threads, unthreaded, sorted 
by date.


3) Scroll to the new end of the list, select the last day (or whatever 
time corresponds to the period since you last read messages). Mark those 
as unread.


4) Restore view settings to all messages, threads with unread, threaded, 
sorted by date.


But with 39,000 unread messages, it seems unmanageable, at least for 
this speed reader. ;-)


Any chance you can restore an older version -- say, last week's -- of 
the index file from backup?


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Re: UseNet group message threading all messed up

[WaltS48]

On 9/10/17 8:33 AM, Daniel wrote:
In one (and only one) of my UseNet groups, rec.arts.drwho, the threading 
of all the old threads has become messed up, in that, when I select a 
message, from an old thread, the message and header displayed in the 
Message Pane can be something totally different to that shown in the 
Threads Pane.


Selecting the next message in the Threads Pane can result in a message 
from a totally different thread being displayed  even a message from 
the last displayed Thread being displayed.


As I've got the number of Unread messages in the News Group down to 
about 39,000 unread out of a total 177,000 posts, so I'm not wanting to 
delete the index file and "start" anew, so has anybody got any 
suggestions how I might reconstruct that index file without having to 
start from scratch, 177,000 unread out of 177,000??




Select another newsgroup, select a message (read or unread), after it 
displays try the posts in re.arts.drwho again.


I see that problem occasionally in Mozilla groups and that fixes it for me.

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UseNet group message threading all messed up

[Daniel]

In one (and only one) of my UseNet groups, rec.arts.drwho, the threading 
of all the old threads has become messed up, in that, when I select a 
message, from an old thread, the message and header displayed in the 
Message Pane can be something totally different to that shown in the 
Threads Pane.


Selecting the next message in the Threads Pane can result in a message 
from a totally different thread being displayed  even a message from 
the last displayed Thread being displayed.


As I've got the number of Unread messages in the News Group down to 
about 39,000 unread out of a total 177,000 posts, so I'm not wanting to 
delete the index file and "start" anew, so has anybody got any 
suggestions how I might reconstruct that index file without having to 
start from scratch, 177,000 unread out of 177,000??


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