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From: Robert Lee on 15 Jun 2010 14:08 If I understand you correctly, the forum format no longer exists. It's been replaced by a dialogue box at Microsoft Answers that permits you to submit a question. The question is seen only by a microsoft support person, and answered by him. Does that state the situation? "Bob I" wrote: > I've already been there. They aren't forums. They are/were merely web > based interfaces to the newsgroups, and those newsgroups no longer exist > on the ms newsserver. Since the group is gone, your submitted question > went in the bit bucket. Use the link I provided, if you want to post > questions to the forums. > > Robert Lee wrote: > > > I signed in and submitted a question. But there was only a box for > > submitting a question. There was no way of seeing other peoples' posts or > > answers to my post. Would you mind going to the website and seeing if I am > > correct. > > > > "Bob I" wrote: > > > > > >>You are posting to the XP general newsgroup, that is where you posted > >>your question and that is where I answered it. If you want to ask about > >>Office, post where I indicated, and view others questions there. > >> > >>Robert Lee wrote: > >> > >>>But who is seeing my question? And how can I see other peoples' questions? > >>> > >>>"Bob I" wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Go here istead, newsgroups are being phased out. > >>>>http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx#tab=3 > >>>> > >>>>Robert Lee wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>The forum for Outlook 2007 has an empty window pane. I spent a half hours in > >>>>>a chat with a Microsoft person, who visited the forum and also saw no > >>>>>threads. (The same is true for the Excel forum.) > >>>>> > >>>>>Is there someone I can bring this to the attention of. Here's the address > >>>>>for the forum: > >>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>. > >>>> > >> > >>. > >> > > . >
From: Billns on 15 Jun 2010 14:19 On 6/14/2010 11:54 AM, Bruce Hagen wrote: > > "Robert Lee" <RobertLee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:84CE7EE6-0BD8-4820-AA9B-D785D209DDAE(a)microsoft.com... >> >> The forum for Outlook 2007 has an empty window pane. I spent a half >> hours in >> a chat with a Microsoft person, who visited the forum and also saw no >> threads. (The same is true for the Excel forum.) >> >> Is there someone I can bring this to the attention of. Here's the address >> for the forum: >> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general >> > > > Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx > > Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010 > http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx > > You can still access the groups on some non-MS servers such as Eternal > September, but how long the quality of questions and replies lasts is > unknown. > > Eternal September > http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html > > The replacement forums. > > Microsoft Answers - First Time Users > http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx MS started discontinuing newsgroup hosting at msnews.microsoft.com June 1. They haven't discontinued all the groups yet. The XP group is still working with the MS server. I am getting a sharepoint newsgroup through AIOE, but the message count has dwindled considerably since earlier this month. Others have suggested where to go to get MS answers, as noted above. Bill
From: Bob I on 15 Jun 2010 14:26 The forum format exists at Microsoft Answers. The thing you called a forum, was never a forum but only a front end for the newsgroups. Any question you post at Answers is seen by every one, and may never be answered. It works similar to what you thought was a forum. Why don't you just go there and look? It would save a lot of confusion. Robert Lee wrote: > If I understand you correctly, the forum format no longer exists. It's been > replaced by a dialogue box at Microsoft Answers that permits you to submit a > question. The question is seen only by a microsoft support person, and > answered by him. Does that state the situation? > > "Bob I" wrote: > > >>I've already been there. They aren't forums. They are/were merely web >>based interfaces to the newsgroups, and those newsgroups no longer exist >>on the ms newsserver. Since the group is gone, your submitted question >>went in the bit bucket. Use the link I provided, if you want to post >>questions to the forums. >> >>Robert Lee wrote: >> >> >>>I signed in and submitted a question. But there was only a box for >>>submitting a question. There was no way of seeing other peoples' posts or >>>answers to my post. Would you mind going to the website and seeing if I am >>>correct. >>> >>>"Bob I" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>You are posting to the XP general newsgroup, that is where you posted >>>>your question and that is where I answered it. If you want to ask about >>>>Office, post where I indicated, and view others questions there. >>>> >>>>Robert Lee wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>But who is seeing my question? And how can I see other peoples' questions? >>>>> >>>>>"Bob I" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Go here istead, newsgroups are being phased out. >>>>>>http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx#tab=3 >>>>>> >>>>>>Robert Lee wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>The forum for Outlook 2007 has an empty window pane. I spent a half hours in >>>>>>>a chat with a Microsoft person, who visited the forum and also saw no >>>>>>>threads. (The same is true for the Excel forum.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Is there someone I can bring this to the attention of. Here's the address >>>>>>>for the forum: >>>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>. >>>> >> >>. >>
From: Robert Lee on 16 Jun 2010 07:48 Yes, you are right. Thanks. "Bob I" wrote: > The forum format exists at Microsoft Answers. The thing you called a > forum, was never a forum but only a front end for the newsgroups. Any > question you post at Answers is seen by every one, and may never be > answered. It works similar to what you thought was a forum. Why don't > you just go there and look? It would save a lot of confusion. > > Robert Lee wrote: > > > If I understand you correctly, the forum format no longer exists. It's been > > replaced by a dialogue box at Microsoft Answers that permits you to submit a > > question. The question is seen only by a microsoft support person, and > > answered by him. Does that state the situation? > > > > "Bob I" wrote: > > > > > >>I've already been there. They aren't forums. They are/were merely web > >>based interfaces to the newsgroups, and those newsgroups no longer exist > >>on the ms newsserver. Since the group is gone, your submitted question > >>went in the bit bucket. Use the link I provided, if you want to post > >>questions to the forums. > >> > >>Robert Lee wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I signed in and submitted a question. But there was only a box for > >>>submitting a question. There was no way of seeing other peoples' posts or > >>>answers to my post. Would you mind going to the website and seeing if I am > >>>correct. > >>> > >>>"Bob I" wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>You are posting to the XP general newsgroup, that is where you posted > >>>>your question and that is where I answered it. If you want to ask about > >>>>Office, post where I indicated, and view others questions there. > >>>> > >>>>Robert Lee wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>But who is seeing my question? And how can I see other peoples' questions? > >>>>> > >>>>>"Bob I" wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Go here istead, newsgroups are being phased out. > >>>>>>http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx#tab=3 > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Robert Lee wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>The forum for Outlook 2007 has an empty window pane. I spent a half hours in > >>>>>>>a chat with a Microsoft person, who visited the forum and also saw no > >>>>>>>threads. (The same is true for the Excel forum.) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Is there someone I can bring this to the attention of. Here's the address > >>>>>>>for the forum: > >>>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>. > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>>. > >>>> > >> > >>. > >> > > . >
From: Bob I on 16 Jun 2010 09:34
You're welcome, have a great day! Robert Lee wrote: > Yes, you are right. Thanks. > > "Bob I" wrote: > > >>The forum format exists at Microsoft Answers. The thing you called a >>forum, was never a forum but only a front end for the newsgroups. Any >>question you post at Answers is seen by every one, and may never be >>answered. It works similar to what you thought was a forum. Why don't >>you just go there and look? It would save a lot of confusion. >> >>Robert Lee wrote: >> >> >>>If I understand you correctly, the forum format no longer exists. It's been >>>replaced by a dialogue box at Microsoft Answers that permits you to submit a >>>question. The question is seen only by a microsoft support person, and >>>answered by him. Does that state the situation? >>> >>>"Bob I" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I've already been there. They aren't forums. They are/were merely web >>>>based interfaces to the newsgroups, and those newsgroups no longer exist >>>>on the ms newsserver. Since the group is gone, your submitted question >>>>went in the bit bucket. Use the link I provided, if you want to post >>>>questions to the forums. >>>> >>>>Robert Lee wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I signed in and submitted a question. But there was only a box for >>>>>submitting a question. There was no way of seeing other peoples' posts or >>>>>answers to my post. Would you mind going to the website and seeing if I am >>>>>correct. >>>>> >>>>>"Bob I" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>You are posting to the XP general newsgroup, that is where you posted >>>>>>your question and that is where I answered it. If you want to ask about >>>>>>Office, post where I indicated, and view others questions there. >>>>>> >>>>>>Robert Lee wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>But who is seeing my question? And how can I see other peoples' questions? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>"Bob I" wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Go here istead, newsgroups are being phased out. >>>>>>>>http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx#tab=3 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Robert Lee wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The forum for Outlook 2007 has an empty window pane. I spent a half hours in >>>>>>>>>a chat with a Microsoft person, who visited the forum and also saw no >>>>>>>>>threads. (The same is true for the Excel forum.) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Is there someone I can bring this to the attention of. Here's the address >>>>>>>>>for the forum: >>>>>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>. >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>. >>>>>> >>>> >>>>. >>>> >> >>. >> |