Newsgroups disappeared from my OE
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From: Steve Cochran on 7 Jul 2010 15:28 After starting the Answers Bridge, then go to Tools | Accounts | Add | News and add the server 127.0.0.1. Then download the NGs from that server and you can then read the messages and post, but you have to be logged onto the Bridge first. Be prepared for bugs, if you are unfamiliar with Microsoft. steve "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eM8D%23QfHLHA.5920(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Will that bridge work with Outlook Express? > > I just downloaded that bridge software and installed it. I got to the point > that it displays a bunch of Microsoft newsgroups. But I don't see anything > in the instructions on how to view those in OE. > > > > "Roy Smith" <rasmith1959(a)live.com> wrote in message > news:6r1Zn.292515$iG7.117627(a)en-nntp-12.dc1.easynews.com... >> On 7/7/2010 10:32 AM, Adela wrote: >>> Hello, several of my newsgroups I had on my OE are disappearing, >>> including >>> my Outlook Express 6.0 newsgroup...When I clicked on one newsgroup, a >>> popup >>> message said it doesn't recognioze it or doesn't exist, and when I got >>> rid >>> of the popup, it also took with it the newsgroup. It happened with 3 or >>> 4 >>> of them too. Now I only have left this one! >>> >>> Anyone could tell me what's happened here? And do you think I could >>> retrieve the other newsgroups I had like the Internet Explorer, OE and >>> don't >>> recall which others? >> >> Microsoft is closing their newsgroup server and encouraging everyone to >> move over to their web forums instead. They are closing their >> newsgroups in stages starting with the least active ones first, then >> progressing to the more active newsgroups. If you don't want to use the >> web forums, you can always switch over to a different newsgroup server >> like aioe or eternal-september or any other free newsgroup server. Some >> free newsgroup servers may require registering before you can receive >> any of the newsgroups they carry. >> >> If you want to participate in the web forums but would like to be able >> to use your newsreader instead of the web interface, you can try one of >> the NNTP bridge programs. The one I use and recommend is available here: >> >> http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ >> >> -- >> >> Roy Smith >> Windows 7 Professional >> >> Timestamp: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 10:54:24 AM > >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 7 Jul 2010 16:06 See... http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx OE General, IE General, and Windows Updates newsgroups were dropped from the MS newsserver earlier this week, Adela. These forums replace all WinXP newsgroups: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp You'll find your friend Bruce Hagen in this forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xpnetwork/threads You will find support for Internet Explorer in this forum now: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads NOTE: Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) as well as your current IE version (e.g., IE6, IE7, IE8) in your first post. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 Adela wrote: > Hello, several of my newsgroups I had on my OE are disappearing, including > my Outlook Express 6.0 newsgroup...When I clicked on one newsgroup, a > popup > message said it doesn't recognioze it or doesn't exist, and when I got rid > of the popup, it also took with it the newsgroup. It happened with 3 or 4 > of them too. Now I only have left this one! > > Anyone could tell me what's happened here? And do you think I could > retrieve the other newsgroups I had like the Internet Explorer, OE and > don't > recall which others? > > Thanks ever so much! Adela
From: N. Miller on 7 Jul 2010 19:19 On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:20:00 -0500, Unknown wrote: > Get the facts instead of your opinions. The facts are what they are. Microsoft has less control over the Usenet than they have over their own web servers. So, yes, it is all about control. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
From: Greg Russell on 7 Jul 2010 19:28 In news:ONOGaahHLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl, Unknown <unknown(a)unknown.kom> typed: [top-posting context restored] >>> Ridiculous. It is not a control matter. Be informed not opinionated. >> >> Laughable. If one depends on M$ for their information, they are >> brainwashed, not informed. > > There's an opinion again! Geeeeeeeeeeeeze! There's your own braimwashed idiocy again.
From: Anthony Buckland on 7 Jul 2010 20:02
"Adela" <nuevadela2(a)rcn.com> wrote in message news:%23J7RPmeHLHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > Hello, several of my newsgroups I had on my OE are disappearing, including > my Outlook Express 6.0 newsgroup...When I clicked on one newsgroup, a > popup message said it doesn't recognioze it or doesn't exist, and when I > got rid of the popup, it also took with it the newsgroup. It happened > with 3 or 4 of them too. Now I only have left this one! > > Anyone could tell me what's happened here? And do you think I could > retrieve the other newsgroups I had like the Internet Explorer, OE and > don't recall which others? > > Thanks ever so much! Adela > They're alive and, to a degree anyway, well, but you need to access them by an alternate route. I use news.giganews.com (about USD 8 a month), but there are other routes. |