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From: Bruce Hagen on 29 Jun 2010 21:25 "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message news:nWwWn.3258$KT3.1513(a)newsfe13.iad... > Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers and > Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, > at least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. > My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP > servers automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, > then minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate > bridges, it really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, > I know, it doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go > through the ritual every day. > TIA! > -- > SC Tom > This bridge is all inclusive and quicker to sign into. Click the icon. Click the sign-in button. All done. Minimizes by itself. Communities Forums NNTP Bridge http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
From: SC Tom on 29 Jun 2010 22:18 "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:i0e6dq$llq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message > news:nWwWn.3258$KT3.1513(a)newsfe13.iad... >> Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers and >> Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, >> at least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. >> My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP >> servers automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, >> then minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate >> bridges, it really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, >> I know, it doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go >> through the ritual every day. >> TIA! >> -- >> SC Tom >> > > > This bridge is all inclusive and quicker to sign into. Click the icon. > Click the sign-in button. All done. Minimizes by itself. > > Communities Forums NNTP Bridge > http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > Thanks to both the Bruce's :-) I installed it and it seems to work just fine. The only change (so far) that I had to make was to make the port for the Answers forum 119 instead of 120 (the separate bridges required 119 and 120). Thanks again! -- SC Tom
From: Bruce Hagen on 29 Jun 2010 22:20 "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message news:2QxWn.6627$0A5.1112(a)newsfe22.iad... > > "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:i0e6dq$llq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message >> news:nWwWn.3258$KT3.1513(a)newsfe13.iad... >>> Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers >>> and Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs >>> well, at least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. >>> My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP >>> servers automatically, without having to go through the Start, >>> Sign-in, then minimize it to the notification area? Since they are >>> separate bridges, it really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each >>> day. I know, I know, it doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to >>> have to go through the ritual every day. >>> TIA! >>> -- >>> SC Tom >>> >> >> >> This bridge is all inclusive and quicker to sign into. Click the icon. >> Click the sign-in button. All done. Minimizes by itself. >> >> Communities Forums NNTP Bridge >> http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> > > Thanks to both the Bruce's :-) I installed it and it seems to work just > fine. The only change (so far) that I had to make was to make the port > for the Answers forum 119 instead of 120 (the separate bridges required > 119 and 120). > Thanks again! > -- > SC Tom > You're welcome. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 30 Jun 2010 02:56 Also see https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx SC Tom wrote: > Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers and > Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, at > least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. > My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP servers > automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, then > minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate bridges, it > really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, I know, it > doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go through the > ritual > every day. > TIA!
From: SC Tom on 30 Jun 2010 06:56
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23HYzXMCGLHA.6120(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Also see https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx > > SC Tom wrote: >> Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers and >> Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, >> at >> least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. >> My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP >> servers >> automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, then >> minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate bridges, it >> really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, I know, it >> doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go through the >> ritual >> every day. >> TIA! > That link gets me (after I log in): "Page Not Found The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have permission to view it. If you believe you have reached this page in error, click the Help link at the top of the page to report the issue and include this ID in your e-mail: 3746c02c-3d0c-4e56-a34f-48cd3a4dabf9 Microsoft Connect welcome page" Not much of a welcome ;-) I had searched Connect before I posted my question, and didn't come up with a solution I was looking for. The Community bridge seems to work fine, other than I have to manually exit it before shutting down or I get an "in use" error. -- SC Tom |