From: my_id@your.com   
      
   Jose wrote:   
   >> I'm a member of several newsgroups right now.   
   >> When I became a member of an another group, all threads were   
   >> downloaded (normal).   
   >> I marked all threads as 'all read'. After a few minutes all threads   
   >> became 'unread' again. When I put my cursor on the newsgroup no 'new   
   >> messages' were found.   
   >> This is diferent, while in all the other newsgroups all the messages   
   >> are still displayed as 'all read'. As it should be in my opion.   
   >>   
   >> What's the difference in old and new newsgroups?   
   >   
   >   
   > This may be related to the problem I've had with ghost messages.  The   
   > ghost messages will age of their own accord once you've been a member   
   > for however number of days you keep them.  Or, navigate to your   
   > news.snet.sbcglobal.net.rc file   
   > (where snet.sbcglobal.net is replaced by whatever you are using as an   
   > intenet connection)   
   > and open it in Notepad (MAKD NO CHANGES).  This is a list of newsgroups   
   > and which message you have/haven't read.  When they are all read, each   
   > newsgroup should be followed by 1-53245  where 53245 is the highest   
   > number for that newsgroup.   
   >   
   > If this is the problem, and you want to fix it manually, EXIT NETSCAPE   
   > COPMLETELY (closing even the start center) and edit the file in Notepad   
   > so that it resembles this (as opposed to, say   
   > rec.aviation.piloting 1-523,567,712-834,910-1413   
   > edit it to be   
   > rec.aviation.piloting 1-1413   
   >   
   > and resave the file.  Then open netscape again and the ghosts should be   
   > gone.   
   >   
   > If that was the problem.   
   >   
   > Jose   
   Tried it and I think this is working indeed. Thanks so far.   
   Peter   
      
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