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From: Mike Williams on 5 May 2010 16:40 "Cor Ligthert[MVP]" <Notmyfirstname(a)planet.nl> wrote in message news:e4LI%239H7KHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Well that lets you out, Clement. You are a waste of good bandwidth and >> about as useful as a chocolate teapot! >> > I'm full respect of those who despite of you and some of your friends were > able to keep this newsgroup in the air. Like who? Clement do you mean? He has been of almost no help at all to anyone asking questions on this group, and neither have you. Mike
From: MM on 5 May 2010 16:48 On Wed, 05 May 2010 09:23:28 +0100, MM <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 05 May 2010 06:51:12 +0100, MM <kylix_is(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >>On Wed, 5 May 2010 01:21:07 +0200, "Henning" >><computer_hero(a)coldmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Mike Williams" <Mike(a)WhiskeyAndCoke.com> skrev i meddelandet >>>news:uhqXz396KHA.2160(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> "Bob Butler" <noway(a)nospam.ever> wrote in message >>>> news:uMrJxi96KHA.2220(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>>>> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities >>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx >>>>> >>>>> I like "make it easier for contributors to retain their influence" and >>>>> 'Perhaps most appealing is the notion that "we own the app"'. Any decent >>>>> real-VB-only alternatives? >>>> >>>> The comp.lang.basic.visual.misc group used to be very busy up until two or >>>> three years ago. I still check that group every day, but it doesn't get >>>> much traffic these days. It will probably start to get busy again soon if >>>> the Micro$oft control freaks go ahead with their plans to ditch this >>>> group. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Moving to c.l.b.v.m will be easy, but what happens to all older posts in >>>this group? Will they still be available on some mirrors? >> >>Well, I've just fired up XNews and this group m.p.v.g.d contains >>34,406 headers. It looks like the earliest date on Astraweb is 10 Sep >>2008, so it wouldn't be possible to go back farther. >> >>Right, since I wrote that, I've downloaded all 34,406 headers and >>saved the header file, which is a little over 10mb. > >I've converted the headers to an Access 97 mdb, which is available >(zipped) here for anyone who is curious: >http://www.littletyke.myzen.co.uk/m-p-v-g-d.zip > >The bodies are taking a little longer to download, because XNews keeps >barfing over overly-long subject lines (e.g. spammers trying to flog >their wares). Since this morning I have downloaded all the bodies,too. 26mb, zipped. Not a lot for 20 months of activity, I suppose. Largest ms group is microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (159871 messages). Largest ms vb group by far is this one. Most of the other ms vb groups are tiny. Stop press: I've just noticed that NewsgroupDirect has a MUCH longer retention. Its microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion goes back to 10th March 2005. The newsgroup contains 168044 messages, i.e. 4.8 times as many as on Astraweb. Archive that little lot and one really ~would~ have a pretty useful 'wayback machine' of one's own! Trouble is, I only have a free 1gb per month account with NewsgroupDirect. (However, anyone can sign up for the free account, which is open-ended and renews on the 1st of each month.) Zen, my actual ISP, just announced that it is doubling the monthly download capacity from 1st June, so I will thereafter have a massive 50gb per month to play with! MM
From: Jeff Johnson on 5 May 2010 16:49 "-mhd" <not_real(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:c9i3u5tgr7iopmg1c4qbhi8albabbce3tn(a)4ax.com... > It has been pointed out to me that MS also dropped NNTP support in Win7 > (Outlook Express). Outlook Express was dropped in Vista in favor of Windows Mail.
From: Claire on 5 May 2010 17:18 I am sorry but jumping off the cliff is reserved by me. Claire "Mike Williams" <Mike(a)WhiskeyAndCoke.com> wrote in message news:OLsCT4H7KHA.1888(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage(a)swspectrum.com> wrote in message > news:28q2u5l6tn7h7npgtm3us5s5an5281pfik(a)4ax.com... > >> Try jumping to the web forums instead: >> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/visualbasic > > Why don't you try jumping off a cliff, Clement. All those forums at the > link you posted specifically state they are not for VB6. You are a waste > of good bandwidth, Clement, and (as usual) you are about as useful as a > chocolate teapot. Why don't you just pack it all in and take up something > you might be good at, perhaps doing something with sheep. > > Mike > > >
From: Helmut Meukel on 5 May 2010 17:26
"Jeff Johnson" <i.get(a)enough.spam> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:uKzh2RJ7KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "-mhd" <not_real(a)invalid.com> wrote in message > news:c9i3u5tgr7iopmg1c4qbhi8albabbce3tn(a)4ax.com... > >> It has been pointed out to me that MS also dropped NNTP support in Win7 >> (Outlook Express). > > Outlook Express was dropped in Vista in favor of Windows Mail. > And Windows Mail was dropped in Windows 7 Helmut. |