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From: David Kaye on 6 Jun 2010 20:28 "Mayayana" <mayayana(a)invalid.nospam> wrote: > >I'm using OE and find that when a group goes offline >it's automatically removed and deleted, as you describe. >That's rather odd. But I'm still hooked up with the MS >server. Maybe the solution is to stick with ES and >remove the MS server settings altogether. Well yes, if you're on the MS news server it stands to reason that the files would be deleted from there. ES doesn't have that problem.
From: Mike B on 7 Jun 2010 07:47 "Bee" <Bee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E1D5C150-FE55-4B86-9662-3CE05D0B9A73(a)microsoft.com... >I am using Windows Live as my newsreader for M$. (yes, I am at Eternal > September too). > I have WL set to download all headers and bodies. > > BUT, when M$ removes a newsgroup, it also seems to delete all my > downloaded > headers and bodies. If you are on a system with Exchange Server, you can export the entire NG to your Exchange account for posterity... > Is that normal? > Can that be stopped? > Where is the data being saved on my disk so that I might retain/hide/copy > it? > > Am I wrong or is M$ messing with my computer without my consent. > Hope the EU gets wind of this. >
From: Jeff Johnson on 7 Jun 2010 10:22 "dpb" <none(a)non.net> wrote in message news:huh3d6$2hu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Don't have a clue about "Windows Live" (can't say ever heard of it before, > even). Outlook Express was replaced by Windows Live Mail in Vista. Then in Windows 7 it was renamed "Windows Live." I'm not sure if there's even any core OE left in that one; I've never used it.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 7 Jun 2010 13:48 Bee wrote: > Am I wrong or is M$ messing with my computer without my consent. > Hope the EU gets wind of this. You are not wrong. Microsoft has always deleted downloaded newsgroup data when the newsgroup ceases to exist, starting in OE and on through each successive generation. This is a prime example of their particular brand of evil. Sorry... -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org
From: GS on 7 Jun 2010 15:09
Jeff Johnson explained on 6/7/2010 : > "dpb" <none(a)non.net> wrote in message > news:huh3d6$2hu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> Don't have a clue about "Windows Live" (can't say ever heard of it before, >> even). > > Outlook Express was replaced by Windows Live Mail in Vista. Then in Windows 7 > it was renamed "Windows Live." I'm not sure if there's even any core OE left > in that one; I've never used it. <IMO> It has every indication of being OE 'under the hood', even though the UI seems foreign to OE users. (Seems to be a combination of features from OE and MS Outlook) -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc |