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From: mturner296 on 9 Apr 2010 14:13
Is there a meta-discussion group about the discussion groups themselves? I
am specifically having the following problems:

Search does not seem to work for me. I am trying to find posts that I have
made, and Search doesn't find my display-name. I tried some other common
display-names and the results are spotty, usually returning some very old
articles. (If not by using Search, how else might I find all my own posts?)

Email notification does not seem to work for me. I have a verified email
address in my profile and have posted questions, but even though I have
clicked on "notify me of replies" I never get any emails. (Not that anyone
ever needs to complain about not getting enough emails....)

I'm delighted to have this public resource, but it would be nice if it
worked as advertised. Am I the only one with problems?
--
Mark
From: Stefan Blom on 9 Apr 2010 14:33
What you have seen are known issues with the Microsoft web interface: search
is not reliable, nor is the notification feature. :-(

It will be easier to keep track of messages if you make use of an NNTP
newsreader such as Outlook Express. See http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm.

Alternatively, use Google groups:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en-us.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mturner296" <mturner296(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:78457027-F315-421E-8E3F-8B7EA4069819(a)microsoft.com...
> Is there a meta-discussion group about the discussion groups themselves?
> I
> am specifically having the following problems:
>
> Search does not seem to work for me. I am trying to find posts that I
> have
> made, and Search doesn't find my display-name. I tried some other common
> display-names and the results are spotty, usually returning some very old
> articles. (If not by using Search, how else might I find all my own
> posts?)
>
> Email notification does not seem to work for me. I have a verified email
> address in my profile and have posted questions, but even though I have
> clicked on "notify me of replies" I never get any emails. (Not that
> anyone
> ever needs to complain about not getting enough emails....)
>
> I'm delighted to have this public resource, but it would be nice if it
> worked as advertised. Am I the only one with problems?
> --
> Mark


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