End of an Era - Good Bye Microsoft NNTP
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From: FM on 4 Jun 2010 17:39 Larry, perhaps more than anybody here, you have helped me personally over the years with all sorts of graphic and game making tricks. I even have a Larry Serflaten folder that is jam packed with insightful stuff. Total respect to you. Regards FM
From: dpb on 4 Jun 2010 18:14 FM wrote: > Larry, perhaps more than anybody here, you have helped me personally over > the years with all sorts of graphic and game making tricks. I even have a > Larry Serflaten folder that is jam packed with insightful stuff. Total > respect to you. .... Well, we're not going anywhere, just point you newsreader to one of the open nntp providers and carry on. It's looking more and more like very few if any are going to remove existing groups w/ traffic just because MS decides to. But, even if they (other nntp providers, that is) do, most of the regulars are monitoring comp.lang.visual.basic.misc and other groups. --
From: Henning on 4 Jun 2010 18:24 "dpb" <none(a)non.net> skrev i meddelandet news:hubtvl$fgs$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > FM wrote: >> Larry, perhaps more than anybody here, you have helped me personally over >> the years with all sorts of graphic and game making tricks. I even have a >> Larry Serflaten folder that is jam packed with insightful stuff. Total >> respect to you. > ... > > Well, we're not going anywhere, just point you newsreader to one of the > open nntp providers and carry on. It's looking more and more like very > few if any are going to remove existing groups w/ traffic just because MS > decides to. > > But, even if they (other nntp providers, that is) do, most of the regulars > are monitoring comp.lang.visual.basic.misc and other groups. > > -- Or make that comp.lang.basic.visual.misc ;) /Henning
From: H. Druss on 6 Jun 2010 08:25
Hi Larry Glad to hear you will still be available for help. You are not only a great source of help but always conducted yourself as a gentleman. I applaud you for that, and and will look forward to more help from you. Thanks Harold "Larry Serflaten" <serflaten(a)usinternet.com> wrote in message news:uWhskR$ALHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > According to Google's current records, the first message I posted to > this group was on May 19, 1999. That may or may not be my first > post here, since Google has botched the archive up something horrible, > but it will suffice for this purpose: > > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/msg/e8eab1ab29c04c14 > > With Microsoft closing down their own NNTP servers, I have decided > to just get it over with and close them out of my news reader. With > that said, this is my last post to their servers. I will continue my > NNTP adventures (in possibly this group, even) using a different > server: http://www.eternal-september.org > > The newsgroups are a GREAT place to share knowlege. And while > 'some' think web-based forums are a better medium, I still prefer the > ease-of-use that text based, threaded messages provide. > > So Thanks MS for the decade (or so) of free NNTP support, but you > have apparently decided it is time to part ways. > > To each their own.... > LFS > > > > > |