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Re: Thunderbird Mail Erroneous message counts - Found how to fix them!
de ms 06/17/2006 03:51
Lee <glog@sympatico.ca> wrote in news:4493379a_1@x-privat.org:
> I have been having problems with erroneous message counts for
> NewsGroups in Thunderbird. No help on the Mozilla forums but a lot of
> digging and I found the solution.
>
> TBird carries its message counts in a text file newsservername.rc
>
> Close TBird
>
> Do a search for *.rc (you will find a lot of them) and in your
> profiles you should find the correct file
>
> Double click and edit the file
>
> In it you will find the name of each of your newsgroup with the
> message counts as 1-xxxxxxxx
>
> From what I found, some groups had multiple ranges. These were the
> ones
> with bad message counts
>
> Look at the far right, make a note of the highest number and make that
> line 1-highestnumber. Note that there are NO spaces on either side of
> the dash.
>
> Save the file
> Restart TBird
>
> Message counts are normal now! If only I could be fixed that easy.
> <vbg> Regards
> Lee in Toronto
>
How does this bad message count problem show up in viewing a newsgroup?
Mike Sa