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From: Hot-text on 5 May 2010 04:20 This my still exist on the world-wide UseNet But not under the name of Microsoft public and you going to server the newsgroups so that can reserve @ UseNet I can see it Now nntp://Guy.com Microsoft public security virus HMM Yes with no [MS MVP] to run it for you ,, << that will make you the Biggest LOOL. in all of UseNet! "Virus Guy" <Virus(a)Guy.com> wrote in message news:4BE0FE18.B2A0F1D6(a)Guy.com... > "David H. Lipman" wrote: > >> >> ms will start to remove all newsgroups from their servers. > >> | Usenet groups can continue as long as other servers carry the >> | groups, MS doesn't have to maintain them or originate them. >> >> But... Can possibly send a control message to remove them. > > No self-respecting admin would configure his NNTP server to accept > external rm-group control messages. > > And besides - Microsoft doesn't issue control messages anyways. > > Microsoft removed over 500 newsgroups from it's server last December - > mostly low-traffic (or zero traffic) non-english groups. I checked some > of the english groups and they still exist on non-microsoft servers. > > This group will still exist on the world-wide usenet after this > so-called deadline (when exactly is "early summer" ?).
From: David Kaye on 5 May 2010 05:37 Whether or not Microsoft discontinues their hierarchy of newsgroups the unmoderated ones (which I assume is all of them) will continue to propagate worldwide as long as people post to them and there are other servers that will transport the messages. I'm sure Google Groups will continue, as will Giganews, Eternal September, etc.
From: David Kaye on 5 May 2010 05:38 "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote: > >But... Can possibly send a control message to remove them. A lot of news servers ignore control messages these days.
From: Leythos on 5 May 2010 09:42 In article <0212B956-BEC3-42D5-B423-36BA244B7A86(a)microsoft.com>, hot- text(a)hotmail.com says... > in time MS will move to Forums provide a healthy community environment with > less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and a PV Chat for > community discussions groups Too! > From all I've seen of the forums, they are harder to use, contain less users, have a terrible interface... Usenet has been plagued by trolls and spammers for decades, in fact, I think the first troll started about 4 years after Usenet went public, if I can remember back that far. Trolls are easy to deal with, it's the idiots that use Usenet like they are using email and that use web interfaces to Usenet that cause the most problems. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: ~BD~ on 5 May 2010 12:39
Peter Foldes wrote: > Date 5/4/2010 > Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively > closing down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in > the rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to > worldwide market trends and evolving customer needs. > > Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort, > consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors > to retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community > environment with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers > and search engines. Additionally, forums offer a better user and > off-topic management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by > facilitating discussions in a clean space. > > We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to > the community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out > tools and resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions. > > We are working diligently on providing additional resources and > information in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please > refer to the official Microsoft Newsgroup website > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning > this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in > additional languages in the next few days. > > What *will* you do with all that extra time, Peter? ;-) |