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From: M Skabialka on 20 May 2010 11:55 How do you access those groups - Outlook Express? a URL? "Larry Linson" <bouncer(a)localhost.not> wrote in message news:%23isoh2C%23KHA.4652(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Newsgroup support (not Microsoft-sponsored) is still available in the > USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access, which pre-dates the > Microsoft-sponsored newsgroups (back then, Microsoft's support was on the > for-fee service CompuServe). Many ISPs have discontinued news server > support, but there are quite a number of news servers available, free and > fee. > > As a final note, quite a number of Access MVPs, whose names you will > recognize from the Microsoft-sponsored newsgroups, have posted in > comp.database.ms-access that they "are back". It's almost like a > "Homecoming". > > -- > Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP > Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley > Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET > comp.databases.ms-access > > > <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:eJM44n$9KHA.5916(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: >> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the >> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for >> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from >> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the >> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM >> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, >> faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called >> Click-To-Run. >> >> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, >> when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included >> in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our >> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution >> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about >> this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms >> >> 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/ >> >> >> When will this Happen? >> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed. >> >> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? >> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the >> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups. >> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to >> continue >> the discussion. We recommend that you start with: >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads >> >> 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: Banana on 20 May 2010 12:02 On 5/20/10 8:55 AM, M Skabialka wrote: > How do you access those groups - Outlook Express? a URL? I don't know if OE has NNTP support but basically any newsreader client (which could be also an email client but not always) will do. For free NNTP server, look at Eternal September. There's supposed to be one more but I can't remember the other name. <heresy>Alternatively, if you are the sort to prefer web interface, AccessMonster has pretty good interface.</heresy>
From: John W. Vinson on 20 May 2010 12:10 On Thu, 20 May 2010 10:02:02 -0500, "M Skabialka" <mskabialka(a)NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote: >Where are all of the microsoft.public.access.xxxxx groups I am used to - or >will they only become available once the forum is closed down? At present there is only the one group, shared between Access, Visio, InfoPath and Project. There's some discussion ongoing about providing more groups but at present, that's not happening. -- John W. Vinson [MVP]
From: John W. Vinson on 20 May 2010 12:16 On Thu, 20 May 2010 09:02:36 -0700, Banana <Banana(a)Republic> wrote: >I don't know if OE has NNTP support but basically any newsreader client >(which could be also an email client but not always) will do. For free >NNTP server, look at Eternal September. There's supposed to be one more >but I can't remember the other name. OE, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail all have NNTP support. There are of course many newsreader programs available, Agent (www.forteinc.com) is my favorite. www.aioe.org is another free NNTP server. ><heresy>Alternatively, if you are the sort to prefer web interface, >AccessMonster has pretty good interface.</heresy> AccessMonster, UtterAccess, several others. All worth checking out, especially since MS Answers is going through some major birth pains. -- John W. Vinson [MVP]
From: Larry Linson on 20 May 2010 13:22
You will need a news server that carries them; then you can access them through Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail, or other news readers. The server I am using is "news.individual.net", on the recommendation of a friend and colleague, it is operated by the Free University of Berlin, and costs 10 euro per year. I have not used it for long enough to give an opinion, other than in more than a week of use, I have not had a problem. Other colleagues whose opinions I trust, use the free server you can access via http://www.eternalseptember.org. I haven't used it at all, but they seem happy with it. According to one of the references found on a search, this one may have its own news reader, also. Both of these, and most of the other free news servers, are text-only, no images/graphics. But searching at bing or google on "news server" should retrieve you a lot of information. If I recall correctly, GigaNews (which is somewhat more expensive) does allow access to graphics / image newsgroups. -- Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET comp.databases.ms-access "M Skabialka" <mskabialka(a)NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message news:%23dtEoTD%23KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > How do you access those groups - Outlook Express? a URL? > > "Larry Linson" <bouncer(a)localhost.not> wrote in message > news:%23isoh2C%23KHA.4652(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Newsgroup support (not Microsoft-sponsored) is still available in the >> USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access, which pre-dates the >> Microsoft-sponsored newsgroups (back then, Microsoft's support was on the >> for-fee service CompuServe). Many ISPs have discontinued news server >> support, but there are quite a number of news servers available, free and >> fee. >> >> As a final note, quite a number of Access MVPs, whose names you will >> recognize from the Microsoft-sponsored newsgroups, have posted in >> comp.database.ms-access that they "are back". It's almost like a >> "Homecoming". >> >> -- >> Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP >> Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by >> Wiley >> Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET >> comp.databases.ms-access >> >> >> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:eJM44n$9KHA.5916(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> >>> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch: >>> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the >>> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for >>> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from >>> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the >>> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM >>> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from >>> Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called >>> Click-To-Run. >>> >>> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, >>> when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included >>> in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our >>> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution >>> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about >>> this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> >>> When will this Happen? >>> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed. >>> >>> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? >>> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either >>> the >>> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the >>> newsgroups. >>> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to >>> continue >>> the discussion. We recommend that you start with: >>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads >>> >>> 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 >> >> > > |