Newsgroups disappeared from my OE
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From: JohnB on 8 Jul 2010 08:36 One word explains why Microsoft did what they did: Spammers. "ctowers" <zctowersz(a)zgmailz.com> wrote in message news:OmvPkvjHLHA.5136(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > N. Miller wrote: >> 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. > > It seems that, by not explaining all of the options available to us, > Microsoft is trying to gain more control. > >
From: Spamlet on 8 Jul 2010 12:31 Very few spammers in the ms.public groups in my experience. I wouldn't be surprised if ms were 'trolling' the usenet groups themselves to force us to spend hours on line where previously we could do all the communication we needed quickly and effectively through ms.public. Shame on them in my view. (And on virgin before them.) S "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23CQIwopHLHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > One word explains why Microsoft did what they did: Spammers. > > > "ctowers" <zctowersz(a)zgmailz.com> wrote in message > news:OmvPkvjHLHA.5136(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> N. Miller wrote: >>> 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. >> >> It seems that, by not explaining all of the options available to us, >> Microsoft is trying to gain more control. >> >> > >
From: Spamlet on 8 Jul 2010 13:13 What is 'social' about the answers? S "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:OmeBpHhHLHA.3560(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > 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: JohnB on 8 Jul 2010 14:27 "Spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:i14ugt$be0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Very few spammers in the ms.public groups in my experience. Apparently you never visited the certification forums. The spam there far out numbered the legit questions.
From: Spamlet on 8 Jul 2010 15:22
"JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eQ3psssHLHA.3732(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:i14ugt$be0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Very few spammers in the ms.public groups in my experience. > > Apparently you never visited the certification forums. The spam there far > out numbered the legit questions. > Guess I've been lucky then: a couple of filters took care of most of the rubbish on the groups I have needed. S |