OLEXP: Unread Messages Count in Outlook Express Is Not Updated

After you post a message to a newsgroup, the unread message count may not be updated.

This issue can occur because the unread message count is not updated until new e-mail headers are downloaded to your computer.

To work around this issue, right-click the appropriate newsgroup, click Properties, click the Download tab, click Retrieve New headers, and then click OK.

Total messages and unread messages are reported for each newsgroup when the server account is selected. Unread messages are determined from the contents of a local file with the .nch extension. When you click the Download this account command, only the total number of messages is retrieved from the server. The unread messages count is not updated because the new headers have not been downloaded locally. The unread count is only updated when the messages or the message headers are actually downloaded.