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From: Helmut Meukel on 6 Jun 2010 17:01 "Otto Moehrbach" <moehrbachoextra(a)bellsouth.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:eKFSeCaBLHA.5584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > What happened to the Functions newsgroup? Its gone. Is this the start of the > demise of the Microsoft newsgroups? Where would I go to find the forums they > talked about in a recent posting? > Thanks for your time. Otto Otto, the microsoft newsgroups are mirrored on other news servers. So switch your newsreader to another server which still has the ms newsgroups, e.g. eternal-september.org or aioe.org. You need an account there first, but it's free. Don't know how long the ms-groups will stay there, but I read that some admins of other news servers decided to not automatically remove the ms-groups but wait and see how it devellops. If the traffic drops significantly, then - I think - they will remove the groups too. Helmut.
From: Martin Brown on 6 Jun 2010 17:28 On 06/06/2010 22:01, Helmut Meukel wrote: > "Otto Moehrbach" <moehrbachoextra(a)bellsouth.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:eKFSeCaBLHA.5584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> What happened to the Functions newsgroup? Its gone. Is this the start >> of the demise of the Microsoft newsgroups? Where would I go to find >> the forums they talked about in a recent posting? >> Thanks for your time. Otto > > > Otto, the microsoft newsgroups are mirrored on other news servers. > So switch your newsreader to another server which still has the > ms newsgroups, e.g. eternal-september.org or aioe.org. > You need an account there first, but it's free. > > Don't know how long the ms-groups will stay there, but I read > that some admins of other news servers decided to not automatically > remove the ms-groups but wait and see how it devellops. > If the traffic drops significantly, then - I think - they will remove > the groups too. There are long derelict newsgroups from decades ago lurking on most news-servers Mickeysoft is deluding itself if it thinks they will magically vanish just because they stopped their newsserver node. Traffic may decrease if they can hijack enough onto their snazzy new web based dross interface - the importance of form over content can never be over emphasised. YMMV Regards, Martin Brown
From: T. Valko on 6 Jun 2010 18:03 >which of those groups would most closely (exactly?) match this one?.. Since this one (microsoft.public.excel.programming) is still alive there was no link provided for the new forum. There is no specific forum for Excel VBA programming . There's a general Office programming forum that you can filter down to just threads for Excel. Here's that forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officeprog/threads -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "ron" <oitbso(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8af184f8-90d4-4964-9047-070e22701e5a(a)23g2000pre.googlegroups.com... On Jun 6, 1:56 pm, "T. Valko" <biffinp...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > This page was updated TODAY with links to the new forums: > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx? > > -- > Biff > Microsoft Excel MVP > > "Otto Moehrbach" <moehrbachoex...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message > > news:eKFSeCaBLHA.5584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > > > What happened to the Functions newsgroup? Its gone. Is this the start of > > the demise of the Microsoft newsgroups? Where would I go to find the > > forums they talked about in a recent posting? > > Thanks for your time. Otto- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - So which of those groups would most closely (exactly?) match this one?..ron
From: Mike H on 6 Jun 2010 19:49 I have no idea how the information in the now defunct 'general questions' and 'miscellaneous' forums was propogated around the web, it was magic to me and I sincerely hope it is still available somewhere. However, what I find unacceptable is that at the turn of a switch MSFT has stopped referencing what is an absolute wealth of information that could be searched for the benefit of all. I am reminded of the the passage by the German writer Heinrich Heine Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings." -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "Otto Moehrbach" wrote: > What happened to the Functions newsgroup? Its gone. Is this the start of > the demise of the Microsoft newsgroups? Where would I go to find the forums > they talked about in a recent posting? > Thanks for your time. Otto > > . >
From: Bob Phillips on 7 Jun 2010 05:13 There is also a general VBA group on MSDN http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/isvvba/threads -- HTH Bob "T. Valko" <biffinpitt(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:uX%232XQcBLHA.4400(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >which of those groups would most closely (exactly?) match this one?.. > > Since this one (microsoft.public.excel.programming) is still alive there > was no link provided for the new forum. > > There is no specific forum for Excel VBA programming . There's a general > Office programming forum that you can filter down to just threads for > Excel. Here's that forum: > > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officeprog/threads > > -- > Biff > Microsoft Excel MVP > > > "ron" <oitbso(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:8af184f8-90d4-4964-9047-070e22701e5a(a)23g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 6, 1:56 pm, "T. Valko" <biffinp...(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> This page was updated TODAY with links to the new forums: >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx? >> >> -- >> Biff >> Microsoft Excel MVP >> >> "Otto Moehrbach" <moehrbachoex...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> >> news:eKFSeCaBLHA.5584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> >> >> > What happened to the Functions newsgroup? Its gone. Is this the start >> > of >> > the demise of the Microsoft newsgroups? Where would I go to find the >> > forums they talked about in a recent posting? >> > Thanks for your time. Otto- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > So which of those groups would most closely (exactly?) match this > one?..ron >
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