DOCUMENT:Q174386  27-SEP-1997  [msnetwork]
TITLE   :Err Msg: Selected Message Is No Longer Available on the Server
PRODUCT :The Microsoft Network
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.3,2.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbtool msnenv

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The information in this article applies to:

 - The Microsoft Network, versions 1.3, 2.0
 - Microsoft Internet Mail and News version 1.0 for Windows 95
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click a news message in a newsgroup using Microsoft Internet Mail
and News, you may receive the following error message:

   Selected message is no longer available on the server.

CAUSE
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This error message can occur for any of the following reasons:

 - The news message has expired and is no longer on the news server.

 - The news message is too large to be transferred from the news server.

 - Internet Mail and News is not connected to the news server.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this behavior, remove all expired or outdated headers from the
local cache. To do so, use the following steps:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Internet News.

2. On the File menu, click Clean Up Files.

3. In the Local File(s) For box, click your news server, and then click
   Delete.

4. Click Close, and then close Internet News.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.30 2.00
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Keywords          : kbtool msnenv 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.3,2.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

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