From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Jose wrote:   
   > Sometimes my newsgroup list lists new messages that don't show up.  They   
   > are not being filtered out by my filters, they just don't really exist,   
   > yet my counter seems to think they do.  They expire after a while.   
   >   
   > This seems to happen more when I subscribe to a new group, come back   
   > from a vacation (and have tons of messages waiting) or crash the computer.   
   >   
   > Any idea what the ghosts are?  Where the counter is stored?  Why it   
   > doesn't get reset properly?   
   >   
   > Netscape 7.2, Windows 98SE   
   >   
   > Jose   
      
   I'm not clear on your problem.  Is that when you open your newsgroup   
   account, you see that there are unread messages, nut when you open the   
   group, there are no such messages.   
      
   This is usually caused by messages being canceled by the posters. They   
   no longer appear in you headers list, but they linger in the rc file.   
      
   As you say, after a while it will correct itself, as messages are expire   
   from the server, but to correct it manually, close Netscape completely,   
   including Quick Launch if enabled, and navigate to your profile folder.   
      
   C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\{profile name}\xxxxxxxx.slt   
      
   Note that this may be a hidden folder, so set Windows to display hidden   
   folders.  Also, the x's are a random string.   
      
   In the profile, open the News subfolder and find the .rc file for the   
   problem account.  OPen it in a text editor, Notepad will do.  Each group   
   should be on its own line.  You will see 1-256, 258, 260-1004, or some   
   such.  Edit it to be 1- the last numbered entry. , in my example, 1-1004.   
      
   Save changes and close.  Open Netscape.  The unread messages for the   
   group should be zero.   
      
   Lee   
      
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