Vanishing Newsgroups
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From: ~*Laughingstar*~ on 10 Jul 2010 19:40 You're still one of my heros!!! PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> You'll find most of us over in MS Answers forums: >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp >> >> Internet Explorer => >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads >> >> Outlook Express, etc. => >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xpnetwork/threads >> >> Windows Update => >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads >> >> Hopefully your screenreader will get along with Answers forums, too, >> LS. >> >> >> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >>> so much for believing I was doing so well! What will "we" do >>> without our mentors??? >>> >>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >>>>> See http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx >>>>> >>>>> IE General, OE General, OE6, Windows Update, Win98 General, & >>>>> WLMessenger were some of the newsgroups dropped late last week. >>>>> IE6 was dropped in early June. >>>>> >>>>> Roger wrote: >>>>>> Can anyone inform me , from my return from holiday I find I have >>>>>> lost newsgroups like windows outlook express, Hardware, and ie6 >>>>>> groups
From: Bill in Co on 10 Jul 2010 20:31 ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: > Bill in Co wrote: >>> I'm not convinced they are all leaving. Hopefully some of the most >>> helpful ones will stick around on the real newgroups (via another >>> nntp server), and not this newage, web page forum thing. >>> > > that eternal.september thing (from a support NG standpoint) is ridiculous. > No moderation, all advertising - at best!!! Advertising? Really? Haven't tried that one, and am in no hurry to either, LS. :-) So far, the nntp newsgroup approach still seems better to me, but I admit there seems to be a drop off in posts on some of the newsgroups now. Haven't checked into the forums (and don't like the idea of having to manually sign-in each time, if that is also required - OE handles any logins automatically when using the normal nntp newgroups).
From: Dan on 10 Jul 2010 23:12 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: > See http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx > > IE General, OE General, OE6, Windows Update, Win98 General, & WLMessenger > were some of the newsgroups dropped late last week. IE6 was dropped in > early June. > > Roger wrote: > > Can anyone inform me , from my return from holiday I find I have lost > > newsgroups like windows outlook express, Hardware, and ie6 groups > > . Sadly, posting in Windows 98 General newsgroup is very low now. It was a fairly active newsgroup before it was removed from the Microsoft server.
From: ~*Laughingstar*~ on 11 Jul 2010 00:29 PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >> You'll find most of us over in MS Answers forums: >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp >> >> Internet Explorer => >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads >> >> Outlook Express, etc. => >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xpnetwork/threads >> >> Windows Update => >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads >> >> Hopefully your screenreader will get along with Answers forums, too, >> LS. >> When I copy/saved this post PA Bear, I noticed in the Word Microsoft Folder I created, many of your other remedies, as well. Thanks so much. Can we erect a black flag in here as we go 'out?' >> >> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: >>> so much for believing I was doing so well! What will "we" do >>> without our mentors??? >>> >>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >>>>> See http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx >>>>> >>>>> IE General, OE General, OE6, Windows Update, Win98 General, & >>>>> WLMessenger were some of the newsgroups dropped late last week. >>>>> IE6 was dropped in early June. >>>>> >>>>> Roger wrote: >>>>>> Can anyone inform me , from my return from holiday I find I have >>>>>> lost newsgroups like windows outlook express, Hardware, and ie6 >>>>>> groups
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 11 Jul 2010 00:53
~*Laughingstar*~ wrote: <snip> > I always have wonderful help from PA Bear, John, Vanguard, MVP, and > database > ben, et al. . . no complaints here!!! [Robear] Don't forget Bruce in OE General newsgroup! PS: Thanks for all your very kind words in this thread. -- ~Robear |