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From: Karl E. Peterson on 21 Jul 2010 12:42
After serious thinking Paul Clement wrote :
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:05:51 -0700, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote:
>
> � Feel free to point...
> �
> � Microsoft turned off its newsgroup server, but the community resource
> � lives on. You just need to know where to look for it.
> �
> http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/07/16/classic-vb-newsgroups.aspx
>
> Microsoft's newsgroup server is still running.

Yes?

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From: Paul Clement on 21 Jul 2010 13:10
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:42:46 -0700, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote:

� > � Feel free to point...
� > �
� > � Microsoft turned off its newsgroup server, but the community resource
� > � lives on. You just need to know where to look for it.
� > �
� > http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/07/16/classic-vb-newsgroups.aspx
� >
� > Microsoft's newsgroup server is still running.
�
� Yes?

Yes.


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
From: Karl E. Peterson on 21 Jul 2010 18:15
Paul Clement expressed precisely :
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:42:46 -0700, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote:
>
> � > � Feel free to point...
> � > �
> � > � Microsoft turned off its newsgroup server, but the community resource
> � > � lives on. You just need to know where to look for it.
> � > �
> � >
> http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/07/16/classic-vb-newsgroups.aspx
> � > � > Microsoft's newsgroup server is still running.
> �
> � Yes?
>
> Yes.

Sorry, forgot to add, "So?"

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From: Paul Clement on 22 Jul 2010 11:13
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:15:27 -0700, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote:

� > � > � Feel free to point...
� > � > �
� > � > � Microsoft turned off its newsgroup server, but the community resource
� > � > � lives on. You just need to know where to look for it.
� > � > �
� > � >
� > http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/07/16/classic-vb-newsgroups.aspx
� > � > � > Microsoft's newsgroup server is still running.
� > �
� > � Yes?
� >
� > Yes.
�
� Sorry, forgot to add, "So?"

So they're not turned off as you said. Perhaps in anticipation of?


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
From: Karl E. Peterson on 22 Jul 2010 15:17
Paul Clement expressed precisely :
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:15:27 -0700, Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote:
>
> � > � > � Feel free to point...
> � > � > �
> � > � > � Microsoft turned off its newsgroup server, but the community
> resource � > � > � lives on. You just need to know where to look for it.
> � > � > �
> � > � >
> � >
> http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/07/16/classic-vb-newsgroups.aspx
> � > � > � > Microsoft's newsgroup server is still running. � > �
> � > � Yes?
> � >
> � > Yes.
> �
> � Sorry, forgot to add, "So?"
>
> So they're not turned off as you said. Perhaps in anticipation of?

It was written long ago. In the interim, the vast majority of groups
have been removed from there server. The remaining ones have all been
given a death sentence. So, yeah, they are "dead men walking" at this
point. It's pretty much a meaningless distinction. How bored are you,
anyway?

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