Help re: news group

Hi all:
Can anyone think of a reason I would not be getting all the messages to
this group?   I often see "Re:" posts to messages I have never seen.
And why I sometimes receive messages out of order: for instance I saw
Donovan's message "Re: Sea Turtle" this morning when I checked messages
at 10:00 a.m., but did not see Sarah Kearsley's original post until this
evening about 6:00 p.m. although I checked messages periodically during
the day.  As far as I can tell this is the only news group (I follow 5)
that this happens to.  Any guesses would be appreciated.  I am wondering
if it is my ISP, they have had trouble with my e-mail in the past.

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Well I found an answer to look at the news group thru my compuserve account.
Everything shows just perfectly.

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   /| ^   ^ | *   Kari Storm   *
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Kari Storm wrote:

>Hi all:
>Can anyone think of a reason I would not be getting all the messages to
>this group?

Yep, many... "(

>I often see "Re:" posts to messages I have never seen.

Happens to all of us; this is UseNet! (grab a UseNet FAQ or smthing,
such a doc adresses these issues a lil byte deeper than we can.)

>And why I sometimes receive messages out of order: for instance I saw
>Donovan's message "Re: Sea Turtle" this morning when I checked messages
>at 10:00 a.m., but did not see Sarah Kearsley's original post until this
>evening about 6:00 p.m. although I checked messages periodically during
>the day.  As far as I can tell this is the only news group (I follow 5)
>that this happens to.

Prolly cos there's so much diversity in this nwsgrp (dffrent Os's, dffrnt
ISP's, dffrnt countries, dffrnt nodes, dffrnt Paths), but -- again --
a UseNet FAQ is _the_ answer to your questions..!

>Any guesses would be appreciated.  I am wondering
>if it is my ISP, they have had trouble with my e-mail in the past.

Odd, as it may seem, news and mail hosted by 1&the same ISP are
often 2 non-related issues.

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>     ".\ \_.-""--,,_          *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
>      |b      <b    "-,_    *   Kari Storm   *
>     /|##       ,      .#   * kst...@ici.net *
>    /  \g     ,'      .'/    *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>   /             __  _./
>  /           '(~__""_
> /kgs         ' "__""/
>/   '99      /"""  ""
>       kgs  |
>         '99|
>

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