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From: Jeff T. on 13 Aug 2010 16:26 Thanks Ken! "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:ar2b6658o19jlb5jpvlnc3pfs828e87jg9(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:25 -0400, "Abradaxis" > <jsindler(a)career-objectives.com> wrote: > >> I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But >> all >> my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset >> my >> groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my >> office >> and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!! > > > > See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get > these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the > following servers (all free): > > news.eternal-september.org > aioe.org > news.albasani.net > > > > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 13 Aug 2010 17:59 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:22:25 -0400, "Abradaxis" <jsindler(a)career-objectives.com> wrote: > Thanks to all. Too bad! You're welcome. Glad to help. Yes, I also think it was too bad. Microsoft made what I consider a bad mistake. > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message > news:ar2b6658o19jlb5jpvlnc3pfs828e87jg9(a)4ax.com... > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:25 -0400, "Abradaxis" > > <jsindler(a)career-objectives.com> wrote: > > > >> I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But > >> all > >> my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset > >> my > >> groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my > >> office > >> and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!! > > > > > > > > See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get > > these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the > > following servers (all free): > > > > news.eternal-september.org > > aioe.org > > news.albasani.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 13 Aug 2010 17:59 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:26:54 -0500, "Jeff T." <jeftho(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > Thanks Ken! You're welcome. Glad to help. > > "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message > news:ar2b6658o19jlb5jpvlnc3pfs828e87jg9(a)4ax.com... > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:25 -0400, "Abradaxis" > > <jsindler(a)career-objectives.com> wrote: > > > >> I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But > >> all > >> my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset > >> my > >> groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my > >> office > >> and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!! > > > > > > > > See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get > > these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the > > following servers (all free): > > > > news.eternal-september.org > > aioe.org > > news.albasani.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Dan W. on 13 Aug 2010 19:07 On 8/13/2010 3:59 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:22:25 -0400, "Abradaxis" > <jsindler(a)career-objectives.com> wrote: > >> Thanks to all. Too bad! > > > You're welcome. Glad to help. > > Yes, I also think it was too bad. Microsoft made what I consider a bad > mistake. > > > > >> "Ken Blake, MVP"<kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message >> news:ar2b6658o19jlb5jpvlnc3pfs828e87jg9(a)4ax.com... >>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:25 -0400, "Abradaxis" >>> <jsindler(a)career-objectives.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But >>>> all >>>> my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset >>>> my >>>> groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my >>>> office >>>> and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get >>> these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the >>> following servers (all free): >>> >>> news.eternal-september.org >>> aioe.org >>> news.albasani.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 >>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup >> > I agree, Ken. Do you know if Microsoft's primary reason was financial or was it too hard to control the responses in the newsgroups or was there some other reason. I use the news.eternal-september.org server to access the 98 general newsgroup.
From: milt on 13 Aug 2010 19:16
On 8/13/2010 12:39 PM, Abradaxis wrote: > I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But all > my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset my > groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my office > and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!! > > Microsoft killed them and within another couple of months, they are shutting down the server. |