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From: Helmut Meukel on 29 May 2010 07:02 "dpb" <none(a)non.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:htc0qg$1fp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > For ms.p.vb.g.d group it appears the consensus is to move to existing > comp.lang.basic.visual.misc newsgroup. Most of these groups wouldn't be > terribly off-topic if at all there and until there's sufficient traffic to > generate the need, I see no reason for anything else. > > And, of course, it's still to be determined whether the mirrored sites will > cease to carry the msnews hierarchies they're currently mirroring just because > MS pulls the plug on their servers. > Has anyone *asked* the US news server admins? In Germany someone did (only german sites), this is the result: | | Folgende Newsserver werden bis auf Weiteres microsoft.public.* auf | ihren Newsservern zur Verf�gung stellen und die Gruppen vorerst | nicht l�schen! Vielen Dank noch mal! :-) | | news.individual.de http://news.individual.de/ (10 EUR/Jahr) | news.albasani.net http://albasani.net/user/contact.cgi | news.solani.org usenet(a)solani.org | news.open-news-network.org http://open-news-network.org/register/index.html | (Sorry, keine Ahnung wie wichtig da news2.* oder news6.* ist? ggfls einf�gen) | news.visyn.net news(a)news.visyn.net | news.netcologne.de usenet(a)netcologne.de | news.eternal-september.org http://www.eternal-september.org/RegisterNewsAccount.php?language=de | Others didn't answer or will delete the msgroups. Helmut.
From: David Kaye on 29 May 2010 18:55 Why does anything need to be changed at all? Just because Microsoft is dropping out does not mean that the newsgroups won't exist! That's the beauty of Usenet; it exists as long as there are servers out there carrying it.
From: Helmut Meukel on 29 May 2010 20:11 "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:hts61o$j53$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Why does anything need to be changed at all? Just because Microsoft is > dropping out does not mean that the newsgroups won't exist! That's the beauty > of Usenet; it exists as long as there are servers out there carrying it. > Because there is one guy - Julien �lie - who is the self-appointed Maintainer of the microsoft.public.* groups and has already announced he will send RemoveGroup Messages. If the other servers in the Usenet will honor his messages, the groups are automatically removed from these servers! If nobody cares, the groups will vanish from most Usenet servers. Oh, I agree, they will still be there on some servers, but try to find those few. Helmut.
From: C. Kevin Provance on 29 May 2010 20:32 "Helmut Meukel" <Helmut_Meukel(a)NoProvider.de> wrote in message news:htsaga$jas$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... : Because there is one guy - Julien Élie - who is the self-appointed : Maintainer of the microsoft.public.* groups and has already announced : he will send RemoveGroup Messages. If the other servers in the : Usenet will honor his messages, the groups are automatically removed : from these servers! : : If nobody cares, the groups will vanish from most Usenet servers. : : Oh, I agree, they will still be there on some servers, but try to find : those few. I think I read someplace that eternal september planned on ignoring those messages. -- Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
From: Helmut Meukel on 29 May 2010 21:14
"C. Kevin Provance" <*@*.*> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:%23$x4c%234$KHA.3176(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Helmut Meukel" <Helmut_Meukel(a)NoProvider.de> wrote in message > news:htsaga$jas$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > : Because there is one guy - Julien �lie - who is the self-appointed > : Maintainer of the microsoft.public.* groups and has already announced > : he will send RemoveGroup Messages. If the other servers in the > : Usenet will honor his messages, the groups are automatically removed > : from these servers! > : > : If nobody cares, the groups will vanish from most Usenet servers. > : > : Oh, I agree, they will still be there on some servers, but try to find > : those few. > > I think I read someplace that eternal september planned on ignoring those > messages. > Probably in one of my messages :-) I posted this info to some groups. But I dont know about any news servers outside of Germany. BTW, Eternal-September is from Germany. Helmut. |