On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:19:04 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

My bloody newsreader (OE) briefly displays a high number of 'new posts' and
instantly drops back to a lower number on a routine basis. Just now it said
'16' before dropping down to '9' in a flash. Does anyone else get this?
(I've got no-one 'binned' atm!)

Is this just the crappy software or does anybody think I'm losing posts?

I use Agent and it momentarily displays how many messages might be
downloaded before filtering those already read. Perhaps that's what
you are seeing.

Kal