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From: nntp on 29 Jun 2010 03:45 What is Happening? This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. Why? As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology and discontinue support for newsgroups. In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach, starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more active ones throughout the course of the next six months. Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx Who Should I Contact with any Questions? Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 29 Jun 2010 19:58 nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote: <snip> > Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months... > ...An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. Who proof-reads these things? Geeze...
From: Harry Johnston [MVP] on 29 Jun 2010 21:08 On 2010-06-30 11:58 a.m., PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. >> >> In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is >> scheduled for closure in the upcoming months... >> ...An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > > Who proof-reads these things? Geeze... Nobody? Oh, I suppose that was a rhetorical question. Oops. :-) Harry. -- Harry Johnston http://harryjohnston.wordpress.com
From: MowGreen on 30 Jun 2010 11:19 nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote: > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx How difficult is it to post the *Windows Update* forum link instead of a generic Windows Answers link ? http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vistawu/threads Going by this post, apparently it's too difficult for MS to post the correct URL. That figures as the update forum link just shows Vista in the URL. Maybe one day in the not too distant future MS will get it's head out of it's collective butt ? Nah ... that will never happen with a certain someone in charge. MowGreen ================ *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten ================ banthecheck.com "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 30 Jun 2010 11:46
MowGreen wrote: > nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote: >> In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is >> scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite >> you to participate at >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers >> forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are >> finalized. >> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx > > > How difficult is it to post the *Windows Update* forum link instead of a > generic Windows Answers link ? > > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vistawu/threads > > Going by this post, apparently it's too difficult for MS to post the > correct URL. That figures as the update forum link just shows Vista in > the URL. > Maybe one day in the not too distant future MS will get it's head out of > it's collective butt ? Nah ... that will never happen with a certain > someone in charge. +1 Then again, everybody knows that no one uses these newsgroups anymore...though the fact that Win7 doesn't include a default News or Mail Client just might have something to do with it. -- ~PA� |