Thunderbird not updating number of unread messages properly in these "119" NG's?

[Gudmund Areskoug]

Hi,

an appropriate first post from me, methinks:

How come I have to click on this group to have Thunderbird update the
number of unread messages?

On the secnews group, merely keeping the server "expanded" was enough to
have TB indicate any new messages coming in. Am I missing some (obvious)
setting?

BR,
Gudmund

[RichDR71]

Gudmund Areskoug composed at the keyboard on 1/10/2006 7:28 AM:

Try this:
Right click on the news group account
(This will be news.mozilla.org - or whatever you renamed it)
Select "Properties"
Select "Server Settings" (from the column on the left)
-On that page is a box titled "Server Settings" (right column)
-The first item is "Check for new messages every ___ minutes"
-Check the box in front of that item and input the interval
you'd like TBird to check (I put 10 for 10 minutes).

[Gordon Weast]

RichDR71 wrote:

I'm seeing the same problem with Mozilla Suite. I need to click on the
individual news groups under news.mozilla.org to see the new message
counts. I already configured it to check for new messages every 10 minutes.
That action doesn't appear to be taking place though.

Could this be something in the setup of the host?

Gordon Weast

[Gudmund Areskoug]

Gudmund Areskoug wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:

>> Switching the old groups to the new server causes a numbering problem.
>> The advice given was to unsubscribe from the groups and resubscribe.
>>
>> Lee
>
>
> there seems to be some other kind of problem here: I've tried twice to
> reply to RichDR71's message, my reply will simply not show up!
>
> BR,
> Gudmund

Now this reply showed up, posted after unsubscribing/resubscribing, but
I still can't see my two earlier attempts...

BR,
Gudmund

[Gordon Weast]

Leonidas Jones wrote:

> Switching the old groups to the new server causes a numbering problem.
> The advice given was to unsubscribe from the groups and resubscribe.
>
> Lee
>

Lee,

I didn't simply change the news server, I created a new news account and
then subscribed to several groups. When I first set it to update after
10 minutes, I still needed to click on the groups to get a count. Now,
I can collapse and then open the news account and I see the new counts.

Other general news using a different server gives me fresh counts without
doing anything special.

I kept the account that points to the old server. I'll delete it when all
the postings cease or I get an error because the server goes away.

Gordon Weast

[Gudmund Areskoug]

Trying to resend this reply, again...

...doh, thanks!

I must have gotten so used to having it turned on in the other groups
that I forgot I ever made the setting. Corrected now!

BR,
Gudmund

[Cal Tinson]

Same thing happening here, except I deleted the old server.
CTinFL

[RichDR71]

Gudmund Areskoug composed at the keyboard on 1/10/2006 2:11 PM:

Actually, I believe that in previous incarnations, TBird set itself to
check every 10 minutes by default. The default in 1.5, is to leave this
unchecked. So, you may simply be a victim of your own habits. ;-)

But you're welcome anyway.

--Rich

[Gudmund Areskoug]

RichDR71 wrote:
> Gudmund Areskoug composed at the keyboard on 1/10/2006 2:11 PM:
>
>> RichDR71 wrote:
>>
>>> Gudmund Areskoug composed at the keyboard on 1/10/2006 7:28 AM:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> an appropriate first post from me, methinks:
>>>>
>>>> How come I have to click on this group to have Thunderbird update
>>>> the number of unread messages?
>>>>
>>>> On the secnews group, merely keeping the server "expanded" was
>>>> enough to have TB indicate any new messages coming in. Am I missing
>>>> some (obvious) setting?
>>>>
>>>> BR,
>>>> Gudmund
>>>
>>>
>>> Try this:
>>> Right click on the news group account
>>> (This will be news.mozilla.org - or whatever you renamed it)
>>> Select "Properties"
>>> Select "Server Settings" (from the column on the left)
>>> -On that page is a box titled "Server Settings" (right column)
>>> -The first item is "Check for new messages every ___ minutes"
>>> -Check the box in front of that item and input the interval
>>> you'd like TBird to check (I put 10 for 10 minutes).
>>
>> Trying to resend this reply, again...

found the reason for my post not getting sent BTW: somehow must have
slipped and selected the wrong From: address.

>> ...doh, thanks!
>>
>> I must have gotten so used to having it turned on in the other groups
>> that I forgot I ever made the setting. Corrected now!
>>
>> BR,
>> Gudmund
>
> Actually, I believe that in previous incarnations, TBird set itself to
> check every 10 minutes by default. The default in 1.5, is to leave this
> unchecked. So, you may simply be a victim of your own habits. ;-)

nope, still on 1.0.7. I think that default setting might pertain to
e-mail only.

> But you're welcome anyway.

:)

BR,
Gudmund