Microsoft KB Archive/184571

Approved By Line Missing When Composing a Newsgroup Message

PSS ID Number: Q184571 Article last modified on 08-19-1998

WINDOWS:4.0,4.01

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95 == Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 == 

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the “Restoring the Registry” Help topic in Regedit.exe or the “Restoring a Registry Key” Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

= SYMPTOMS =

When you compose a new message to post to a moderated newsgroup, the Approved By line below the Subject line may be missing in the newsgroup header.

= CAUSE =

This behavior may occur if Outlook Express is not configured to display full headers, or an entry in the registry contains incorrect data.

= RESOLUTION =

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the “Changing Keys And Values” Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the “Add and Delete Information in the Registry” and “Edit Registry Data” Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

  Verify that you are viewing full headers.   In Outlook Express, click the newsgroup section that you want to post a message to.   On the Compose menu, click New Message.   In the New Message, click Full Headers on the View menu.  </li>  If you can view the Approved By line, you do not need to do anything else. However, if you cannot view the Approved By line, change the Moderator value to 1 in the following registry subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USERExpress </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

The Moderator value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER Expresssubkey is set to 0 by default.

Readers of some newsgroups may choose not to read off-topic messages that are not approved by the newsgroup moderator (the newsgroup listing usually ends with a “.d” suffix). If you enable this functionality, an “Approved by:” line appears in the header of the newsgroup, if Outlook Express is configured to display full headers.

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Keywords : kbenv kbdta Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.