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From: dpb on 9 May 2010 17:09 Helmut Meukel wrote: .... > My ISP has no newsserver, had to search for one, I'm now using Aioe.org .... There's also news.eternal-september.org I've somewhat fewer "issues" there than at aioe altho both function. It's been a while since I did follow aioe consistently so perhaps some of those have been alleviated somewhat since...give it a go and if it suits, great; there's at least one alternative to try if wish. --
From: Henning on 9 May 2010 17:51 "Helmut Meukel" <NoSpam(a)NoProvider.de> skrev i meddelandet news:hs779t$v43$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:hrvhjv$6dt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Karl E. Peterson explained on 5/4/2010 : >>> The final insult they had left to deliver... >>> >>> Q: When will this transition be complete? >>> >>> A: Microsoft is closing newsgroups in phases and anticipates completing >>> this by Fall 2010. >>> >>> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities >>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx >> >> Nice to see some familiar faces who've been here all along! >> >> Any other recent migrants from msnews? :-) >> > > My ISP has no newsserver, had to search for one, I'm now using Aioe.org > > When looking for the right group I found first the empty alt.comp.lang.vb > and alt.comp.lang.visualbasic . > Can anybody explain to an Usenet newbie why there are these groups and > what this alt in the group name says? > Could be irritating for other newbies searching for the right VB Classic > group > to find those empty groups. > > Helmut. > > It's very easy to just post some direction links to this group. /Henning
From: Kevin Provance on 10 May 2010 14:49 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:hrvhjv$6dt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... : Nice to see some familiar faces who've been here all along! : : Any other recent migrants from msnews? :-) Here!
From: GEFS on 10 May 2010 21:04 on 5/6/2010, Karl E. Peterson supposed : > Karl E. Peterson explained on 5/4/2010 : >> The final insult they had left to deliver... >> >> Q: When will this transition be complete? >> >> A: Microsoft is closing newsgroups in phases and anticipates completing >> this by Fall 2010. >> >> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx > > Nice to see some familiar faces who've been here all along! > > Any other recent migrants from msnews? :-) Hi Karl, I made it here too. What's with all the .Nxt stuff?
From: Karl E. Peterson on 10 May 2010 21:18
GEFS presented the following explanation : > on 5/6/2010, Karl E. Peterson supposed : >> Karl E. Peterson explained on 5/4/2010 : >>> The final insult they had left to deliver... >>> >>> Q: When will this transition be complete? >>> >>> A: Microsoft is closing newsgroups in phases and anticipates completing >>> this by Fall 2010. >>> >>> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities >>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx >> >> Nice to see some familiar faces who've been here all along! >> >> Any other recent migrants from msnews? :-) > > Hi Karl, > I made it here too. > What's with all the .Nxt stuff? Looks like the same basic confusion we saw on msnews. Microsoft gave the same name to two completely different products. |