newsgroup subscription box

Up until very recently, from the newsgroup subscription box in Outlook
Express, I used to be able to select any particular newsgroup, and then
visit the newsgroup without being subscribed to it by simply pressing the
"go to" button. After navigating away from the NG by clicking on another
mail folder or NG folder, a dialog box come up asking if I would like to
subscribe to the NG ? I would click on the 'no' box, and the folder for
that NG would disappear the next time OE was started.

Now I find that pressing the "go to" button results in being automatically
subscribed to the newsgroup, and then having to "unsubscribe" to get it off
my list of regular newsgroups. This is somewhat of an inconvenience, but I
cannot find any settings in OE6 that would allow me to return to the
original settings whereby pressing the "go to" button does not result in a
subscription to that newsgroup.

I should probably mention this issue seems to have coincided with my recent
application of all the latest Office 2000 updates which I was several years
behind on installing. One thing that I did try which did not resolve the
issue was completely removing the news account and then adding a new one
after restarting OE6. The "go to" button continued to result in a
subscription to any particular newsgroup rather than "going to it" as
desired. I feel like this may be an issue with the registry, but haven't the
slightest idea how to correct it.

Anyone here possibly familiar with this issue and how to resolve it?

Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity
(FileIdentitiesAdd new identity). Assuming all is well, import messages
from the old Identity before deleting it (FileIdentitiesManage
Identities).

Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

Disable Background Compacting and frequently perform a manual compact of all
OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

Is OE or OL your default Mail Client?
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A.N. Durden III wrote:
Up until very recently, from the newsgroup subscription box in Outlook
Express, I used to be able to select any particular newsgroup, and then
visit the newsgroup without being subscribed to it by simply pressing the
"go to" button. After navigating away from the NG by clicking on another
mail folder or NG folder, a dialog box come up asking if I would like to
subscribe to the NG ? I would click on the 'no' box, and the folder for
that NG would disappear the next time OE was started.

Now I find that pressing the "go to" button results in being
automatically subscribed to the newsgroup, and then having to
"unsubscribe" to get it off my list of regular newsgroups. This is
somewhat of an inconvenience, but I cannot find any settings in OE6 that
would allow me to return to the original settings whereby pressing the
"go to" button does not result in a subscription to that newsgroup.

I should probably mention this issue seems to have coincided with my
recent application of all the latest Office 2000 updates which I was
several years behind on installing. One thing that I did try which did
not resolve the issue was completely removing the news account and then
adding a new one after restarting OE6. The "go to" button continued to
result in a subscription to any particular newsgroup rather than "going
to it" as desired. I feel like this may be an issue with the registry,
but haven't the slightest idea how to correct it.

Anyone here possibly familiar with this issue and how to resolve it?

My default mail client is OE. Per your advice, I have disabled the McAfee
email scanning feature. I only have one OE identity- but will follow-up on
that tomorrow when not so sleepy. Thanks for the response!