In news:ePxupZODGHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Helen Arnoldus <me@nohow.invalid> replied with a ;-)
> There are 2 boxes in the options. One has "get ___ headers at a
> time". I have nothing checked there. The other box "Mark all messages
> as read when exiting newsgroups" is also not checked.
>
> Should I indicate a number of headers to download? If so, how many?
>

At least a thousand.
See the link in my signature.

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> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uw3nWRODGHA.812@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> You're not downloading enough headers. As David has mentioned, your
>> posts did show. This is a large group with some 500-600 posts daily,
>> so you have to check your options (under tools) to make sure you are
>> downloading them all.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Helen Arnoldus" <me@nohow.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:OvS6FIODGHA.2912@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> I posted a message 3 times on this newsgroup and it never showed. I
>>> also posted to 2 other newsgroups and they work fine. Please let me
>>> know if this message is received.