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From: Dave Symes on 23 May 2010 16:45 In article <eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Suzanne S. Barnhill <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote: > Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down as > of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web > site and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via > WLM, then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that > any more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least > for a time, on other news servers. If you have access to another news > server (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then > you can continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM > account for that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this > myself, so I can't tell you much more than that. [Snippy] That is very interesting, in the sense that I've never picked up this NG or the Excel one directly from a MSnews server, but always received it/them from news.eternal-september.org Dave -- Dave Triffid
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 23 May 2010 17:28 You should be in good shape, then. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Dave Symes" <dave(a)triffid.co.uk> wrote in message news:511c173bbbdave(a)triffid.co.uk... > In article <eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, > Suzanne S. Barnhill <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote: > >> Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down as >> of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web >> site and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via >> WLM, then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that >> any more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least >> for a time, on other news servers. If you have access to another news >> server (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then >> you can continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM >> account for that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this >> myself, so I can't tell you much more than that. > > [Snippy] > That is very interesting, in the sense that I've never picked up this NG > or the Excel one directly from a MSnews server, but always received > it/them from news.eternal-september.org > > Dave > > -- > > Dave Triffid >
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 23 May 2010 17:39 While these newsgroups will probably live on via news.eternal-september.org, the volume of posts to them will almost certainly diminish significantly as posts which appeared in the newsgroups hosted on msnews.microsoft.com as a result of their having been posted via the microsoft communities web interface will no longer appear. That would be the case for all posts that appear as being from discussions(a)microsoft.com -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Dave Symes" <dave(a)triffid.co.uk> wrote in message news:511c173bbbdave(a)triffid.co.uk... > In article <eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, > [Snippy] > That is very interesting, in the sense that I've never picked up this NG > or the Excel one directly from a MSnews server, but always received > it/them from news.eternal-september.org > > Dave > > -- > > Dave Triffid
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 23 May 2010 18:26 Yes, I'm expecting to see a huge drop in volume. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message news:O7RJ%23Bs%23KHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > While these newsgroups will probably live on via > news.eternal-september.org, the volume of posts to them will almost > certainly diminish significantly as posts which appeared in the newsgroups > hosted on msnews.microsoft.com as a result of their having been posted via > the microsoft communities web interface will no longer appear. That would > be the case for all posts that appear as being from > discussions(a)microsoft.com > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my > services on a paid consulting basis. > > Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com > > "Dave Symes" <dave(a)triffid.co.uk> wrote in message > news:511c173bbbdave(a)triffid.co.uk... >> In article <eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, >> [Snippy] >> That is very interesting, in the sense that I've never picked up this NG >> or the Excel one directly from a MSnews server, but always received >> it/them from news.eternal-september.org >> >> Dave >> >> -- >> >> Dave Triffid > >
From: Abrielle on 24 May 2010 02:53
I have tried to download the bridge but although the download page shows a zip file, I only get 'download.dlm' which will not open! (I am not clicking on the 'download single file'). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message news:eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down as > of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web site > and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via WLM, then > you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that any more, > but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least for a time, on > other news servers. If you have access to another news server (Eternal > September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then you can continue to > receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM account for that server. > I haven't yet gotten around to doing this myself, so I can't tell you much > more than that. > > Now, as for the Answers forums, you can, as it were, "try before you buy." > You can view the Word forums at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword (or > start at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to view all the > Answers forums). You do not need to sign in just to read questions and > answers, only to post. And yes, if you already have a Windows LiveID, you > can use it. > > Now, the bridge. The bridge is a very small software add-in that allows > you to access these Web forums with your newsreader (WLM in this case). > Once you have it installed and running, you create a WLM news account for > Answers, and you can access the forums just as if they were Usenet NGs > (well, almost, anyway). If you go to > https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/?wa=wsignin1.0 and scroll to > the bottom of the page, you will see links to FAQs, instructions for > downloading and installing the bridge, etc. But here, in a nutshell, is > what happens: > > 1. You sign in and download the bridge, then install it. > > 2. You create a new news account in WLM giving 127.0.0.1 as the server > address. > > 3. After "finishing" the account creation, you can go back to the account > Properties and change the name of the account to "Microsoft Answers" (or > anything else you like), fill in missing data, such as your Reply To > address, and change the port from the default 119 to 120. > > 4. Installing the bridge adds a Start menu shortcut under Microsoft > Community Tools. You may want to pin the shortcut to the Start menu or > Taskbar because you have to start the bridge each time you restart Windows > (for me, this is once a day). > > 5. The first time you start the bridge, you will be asked for your Windows > LiveID and password (if the installation failed to pick this up, as it did > when I installed on Windows 7 today, though it seems to me that on my > Windows XP system it was retained). Tell Windows to remember it, and > you're good to go. > > 6. Every time you start the bridge, a window will pop up with a Start > button. When you click Start, you are logged into Answers. There's also a > Stop button, but I can't imagine why you'd want to use it. The nice thing > is that when you minimize this window, it automatically minimizes to the > Systray instead of the Taskbar, so it's very unobtrusive. > > Once you've started the bridge, you use the Answers news account just like > any other; downloading and posting work just the same. And you don't have > to worry too much about posting in the wrong NG, as there are only three > for Word: .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and .wordshare. You may want to note > their descriptions at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword, but > of course there's a good bit of overlap, anyway. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message > news:eW25Lyq%23KHA.3704(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:e87Gogq#KHA.5044(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> First you will have to register a Live ID at the Answers forum: >>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword. >>> Click the "Sign in" link and if you don't already have a Live ID, first >>> register. >>> >>> You can then use the web interface to ask questions in the appropriate >>> forum, or >>> you can download and install the Microsoft Answers Bridge from >>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ which allows you to >>> continue >>> using your newsreader. >>> >> >> I haven't dared try any of this bridge stuff yet & don't understand it. >> I'm leery of installing it before I know what it *is* or how it will mess >> up >> my system. >> >> Do you need a LiveID to get the bridge thing? >> What *is* the bridge -- s/w, website, or what?? >> Is it a sort of "usenet simulator" that's really a web page? >> >> Is this the same LiveID we may already have, though not used? I got it >> when >> I thought it was *required* for WLM -- they weren't exactly clear about >> this >> part, though I did -- after an uninstall & re-install -- manage to avoid >> getting *everything*. And there are still some email addresses they won't >> let you use to sign up, though apparently mine is no longer among them. >> >> Will we have to sign in with the LiveID to d/l messages? or just to d/l >> the >> bridge s/w (or whatevr it is)? or what? >> >> I'm already afraid of asking the wrong question in the wrong group; doing >> it >> via klunky-web-forum would just make it worse, as it's much harder to >> browse >> around first to see if you're even in the right place, or maybe even if >> your >> problem has already been asked & answered (asking again due to inadequate >> old-thread-browsing is akin to a capital offence, it seems.) >> >> Should I be asking this in another group? If so, please advise *which* & >> I'll move. >> bj >> >> > |