Anthony Buckland wrote:
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OQk7Rx16IHA.1460@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Right-click on the newsgroup in Folders pane | Local file (tab) | Reset
>> the newsgroup | Hit the F5 key | Mark all messages as Read
>> (CTRL+SHIFT+A):
>> Do you still see 15 "ghosts"?
>
> After reset, the microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics group had
> 2759 messages. 2741 headers downloaded, 18 did not download.
> I'm not sure what you mean by seeing ghosts, the headers all
> became "read" after the Ctrl-Shift-A. Mind you, I didn't count
> them Then I deleted the headers, leaving that pane blank and
> the message count in the Folders pane still 18. The corresponding
> headers didn't appear after switching to another group and back
> again. In short, no joy.

I didn't expect those steps to fix anything, just to reproduce the behavior
(which it did).

The "ghosts" are the supposedly missing messages.

Now, if you right-click on the newsgroup in folders pane again, select CATCH
UP, leave that newsgroup then return to it, do the 18 "ghosts" return?
Assuming they do, see Frank's last reply.