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From: Ulrich Korndoerfer on 7 May 2010 14:03 Hi, dpb schrieb: > Ulrich Korndoerfer wrote: >> Hi Karl, >> >> this is my third attempt to get my post through. I attach it as >> zip-archive. Hope that helps. > .... > > Well, not really since usenet is a text-only format; only some web-based > front ends or extended mail/newsreaders know what to do w/ attachments. > > -- Thunderbird seems to have no problems. My post this time came through and my newsreader has the attachment. -- Ulrich Korndoerfer VB tips, helpers, solutions -> http://www.proSource.de/Downloads/
From: GS on 7 May 2010 14:06 dpb explained on 5/7/2010 : > Ulrich Korndoerfer wrote: >> Hi Karl, >> >> this is my third attempt to get my post through. I attach it as >> zip-archive. Hope that helps. > ... > > Well, not really since usenet is a text-only format; only some web-based > front ends or extended mail/newsreaders know what to do w/ attachments. Such as MesNews, for example, which is what Karl uses. I got the attachment so I'm sure he will too!
From: dpb on 7 May 2010 14:18 Ulrich Korndoerfer wrote: .... > Thunderbird seems to have no problems. My post this time came through > and my newsreader has the attachment. T-bird is an enhanced reader and newsservers aren't bound to honor attachments so it'll be hit 'n miss at best. --
From: Mayayana on 7 May 2010 14:49 I have no problem getting your post in OE. I don't mean to be a wet towel with all this inspiration people are showing, but as you said: "the gmane nntp-server. This will be the only host that allows nntp-access to the to be founded groups. So a new user searching for the new groups will not find them" Even just going to comp.* is likely to lose people who do a search, find the MS forums, and think that's all there is. If the group is only on gmane then won't it probably just end up being a small club of regulars? Also, what about a name like visualbasic5/6 or vb.version5/6, etc. rather than vbclassic? It's not classic. It's just plain VB. The "classic" name wouldn't be recognized by most people. Something like vb5/6 would still make clear that it's a non-.Net group. Even new DotNetters probably know that VB6 is not VB.Net (even if they don't know that VB.Net is not VB :). | >> | >> this is my third attempt to get my post through. I attach it as | >> zip-archive. Hope that helps. | > .... | > | > Well, not really since usenet is a text-only format; only some web-based | > front ends or extended mail/newsreaders know what to do w/ attachments. | >
From: Ulrich Korndoerfer on 7 May 2010 15:23
Hi, Mayayana schrieb: > I have no problem getting your post in OE. > > I don't mean to be a wet towel with all this > inspiration people are showing, but as you said: > > "the gmane nntp-server. This will be the only host that allows nntp-access > to the to be founded groups. So a new user searching for the new groups will > not find them" > To be precise: if one subscribes to any common NNTP-services provider and there lists the available ngs, the vb group will not show up. At least I think so. Perhaps Olaf could clarify this. Things would change if gmane is reflected to the other NNTP-servers too (I don't know). > Even just going to comp.* is likely to lose people > who do a search, find the MS forums, and think > that's all there is. If the group is only on gmane > then won't it probably just end up being a small > club of regulars? > That's a "risk", yes. It is very important to propagate the to be new place as broad as possible, eg. in this NG before it is shut dowwn. > Also, what about a name like visualbasic5/6 or > vb.version5/6, etc. rather than vbclassic? It's not > classic. It's just plain VB. The "classic" name wouldn't > be recognized by most people. Something like vb5/6 > would still make clear that it's a non-.Net group. Even > new DotNetters probably know that VB6 is not VB.Net > (even if they don't know that VB.Net is not VB :). The addendum classic should make it clearly different from the .NET version. Versioning (5/6) imho is not necessary, because MS did not so in his groups, and versions 1 to 4 are really old, 5 and 6 are the newer ones (one year apart) and do not so much differ, so most questions generally can be answered for 5/6. -- Ulrich Korndoerfer VB tips, helpers, solutions -> http://www.proSource.de/Downloads/ |