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From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 11 Jun 2010 01:28
Online Forums Connection
https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=927

Also see http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/help#406

BobS wrote:
> This newsgroup is the last one still standing that I have subscribed to
> over the years. All the rest that I've used have migrated - somewhere
> within the MS structure called Connections. I have a Live ID, signed
> up, downloaded and installed the forums bridge and use OE to view.
>
> It didn't go smoothly at all but finally last night I got it up and
> running except for "Answers" even after changing the port to 119 from
> the default 120. But no matter, I will get that figured out soon
> enough. I keep getting the "In order to use MS Answers NNTP Bridge you
> must first log into forums and enable "se NNTP Bridge" option....." I
> have but continue to get this error.
>
> Tonight I decided to try and find the equivalent of the newsgroups that
> used to be under msnews.microsoft.com. None have the same names nor am
> I able to locate a cross-reference list of where what the groups may be
> called in this (new to me) structure.
>
> Also, the Connections server is so busy I am being constantly knocked
> off and then can't reconnect. Hmmm....with all the billions and
> billions, one would think they could afford the hardware to support
> this change. Guess their assumptions were wrong - these newsgroups
> really do have more traffic than they thought since their servers can't
> handle the load.
>
> Anyone have a suggestion on a cross-reference list of the newsgroups or
> do we just have to guess and go flailing around?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bob S.

From: MowGreen on 11 Jun 2010 13:43
As an alternative bridge, sort of like the Led Zeppelin of bridges, see:

Community Forums NNTP bridge
http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/

It replaces the MS NNTP Bridge completely and
> Unifies the access to social and answers forms to a single NNTP server (no two servers
> needed!)


MowGreen
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> BobS wrote:
>> This newsgroup is the last one still standing that I have subscribed to
>> over the years. All the rest that I've used have migrated - somewhere
>> within the MS structure called Connections. I have a Live ID, signed
>> up, downloaded and installed the forums bridge and use OE to view.
>>
>> It didn't go smoothly at all but finally last night I got it up and
>> running except for "Answers" even after changing the port to 119 from
>> the default 120. But no matter, I will get that figured out soon
>> enough. I keep getting the "In order to use MS Answers NNTP Bridge you
>> must first log into forums and enable "se NNTP Bridge" option....." I
>> have but continue to get this error.
>>
>> Tonight I decided to try and find the equivalent of the newsgroups that
>> used to be under msnews.microsoft.com. None have the same names nor am
>> I able to locate a cross-reference list of where what the groups may be
>> called in this (new to me) structure.
>>
>> Also, the Connections server is so busy I am being constantly knocked
>> off and then can't reconnect. Hmmm....with all the billions and
>> billions, one would think they could afford the hardware to support
>> this change. Guess their assumptions were wrong - these newsgroups
>> really do have more traffic than they thought since their servers can't
>> handle the load.
>>
>> Anyone have a suggestion on a cross-reference list of the newsgroups or
>> do we just have to guess and go flailing around?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Bob S.
>
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