il barbi wrote:
sigh... I emptied the folders of sent & received messages, compressed
all
other folders, transferred all folders and re-suscribed a number of NGs
under two newsservers (msnews.microsoft.com and news.ngi.it) with the
new
identity but I get the same problem...

Are you seeing the behavior in both newsservers or just news.ngi.it?

both - anyway it is better to wait some days and see, for instance this
evening I don't get the problem

Do you connect via dial-up, ADSL, or via a wireless interned (USB) modem?

Does the behavior persist after 21:00 local time or later or before 06:00
local time? Is it worse on weekends?