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From: Bill on 3 Jun 2010 18:11 David, Microsoft only intends to shut down their ONE NNTP server, msnews.microsoft.com. Obviously, they've got more important things to do, as that server is still up. All the rest of the many many NNTP servers around the globe will likely continue to host the Microsoft.Public.* news groups, as Microsoft has no inherent authority to delete those news groups. (It's possible they could try, but I seriously doubt that the NNTP server administrators would honor their commands to remove the groups.) Bill "David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet(a)dfenton.com.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9D8C86E052C0Bf99a49ed1d0c49c5bbb2(a)74.209.136.91... > "Bill" <mlharding(a)jps.net> wrote in > news:V5-dnTuOz66pW5rRnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d(a)earthlink.com: > >> Those of us that DO NOT use web-based forums rely on >> the availability of Microsoft.Public.Access.* NG's being peered >> across the many NNTP servers around the globe. > > Well, for now, as of June 3rd, msnews.microsoft.com is still there, > and it's accepting posts. I even posted just now from > msnews.microsoft.com in a newsgroup that was supposed to have been > "closed" on June 1st (microsoft.public.access.replication). > > So, it's not clear to me what Microsoft meant with all their > messages about closing things down. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ > usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
From: David W. Fenton on 4 Jun 2010 13:38 "Bill" <mlharding(a)jps.net> wrote in news:4P-dnee5kNkztZXRnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com: > Microsoft only intends to shut down their ONE NNTP server, > msnews.microsoft.com. Obviously, they've got more important > things to do, as that server is still up. ....as opposed to what they said they would do... > All the rest of the many many NNTP servers around the globe > will likely continue to host the Microsoft.Public.* news groups, > as Microsoft has no inherent authority to delete those news > groups. (It's possible they could try, but I seriously doubt that > the NNTP server administrators would honor their commands > to remove the groups.) Um, I'm very well aware of these facts, and have posted repeatedly explaining them to others who've been in sky-is-falling mode. My point is that what MS said would happen (the group would "close" on June 1st) hasn't happened. But it wouldn't matter if it had, of course. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
From: Fred on 4 Jun 2010 14:57 A continuation of this is in a June 4th post in the "General Questions" section.
From: Bill on 4 Jun 2010 19:43 Of what NG? "Fred" <Fred(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:420E5ECD-7339-4C66-9E3A-FDDF95F67395(a)microsoft.com... >A continuation of this is in a June 4th post in the "General Questions" > section.
From: bobbie on 4 Jun 2010 21:02
Please delete me from your messages "David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet(a)dfenton.com.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9D8C86E052C0Bf99a49ed1d0c49c5bbb2(a)74.209.136.91... > "Bill" <mlharding(a)jps.net> wrote in > news:V5-dnTuOz66pW5rRnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d(a)earthlink.com: > >> Those of us that DO NOT use web-based forums rely on >> the availability of Microsoft.Public.Access.* NG's being peered >> across the many NNTP servers around the globe. > > Well, for now, as of June 3rd, msnews.microsoft.com is still there, > and it's accepting posts. I even posted just now from > msnews.microsoft.com in a newsgroup that was supposed to have been > "closed" on June 1st (microsoft.public.access.replication). > > So, it's not clear to me what Microsoft meant with all their > messages about closing things down. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ > usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |