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Bernard Liengme

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Apr 11, 2004, 1:55:34 PM4/11/04
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Suddenly this week I am getting some message in this and other
msnews.Microsoft.com Excel newsgroups that are clearly answers (the subject
begins Re) but there are no corresponding questions. There are some paired
questions and answers but clearly some questions have gone missing.
I am using Outlook Express with Group Messages by Conversation set on.
Anyone else having this problem?

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Tushar Mehta

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Apr 12, 2004, 4:10:45 PM4/12/04
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Speculation: It could be that you retain messages for a shorter
duration than some other posters. They might be 'catching up' after a
hiatus of a few days and responding to (relatively speaking) older
messages. That might cause your newsreader to show the answers but it
might have expired and deleted the questions.

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Debra Dalgleish

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Apr 12, 2004, 4:35:50 PM4/12/04
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Bernard posted his question yesterday, and I see your reply, but not his
question, although it's in the Google archive:


http://groups.google.com/groups?&threadm=eqJcx4%23HEHA.2576%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl

Maybe some of the news servers are out of synch.

Tushar Mehta wrote:
> Speculation: It could be that you retain messages for a shorter
> duration than some other posters. They might be 'catching up' after a
> hiatus of a few days and responding to (relatively speaking) older
> messages. That might cause your newsreader to show the answers but it
> might have expired and deleted the questions.
>


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Ken Wright

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Apr 12, 2004, 4:44:56 PM4/12/04
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I'm getting the same thing too. Good job they don't snip them :-)

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Bernard Liengme

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Apr 13, 2004, 11:17:43 AM4/13/04
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Debra seems to have the answer. I never did see my original question but I
see answers from Tusha, Debra and Ken.
One more little mystery!

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