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From: Mark Andrews on 28 May 2010 08:20
Just wondering where all the regulars are going to when the access related
newsgroups shut down?

I have never used a Microsoft Forum, I guess I could switch to utteraccess?

I always found these newsgroups better and easier to use.

Mark Andrews
RPT Software
http://www.rptsoftware.com
http://www.donationmanagementsoftware.com

From: Tom van Stiphout on 28 May 2010 09:30
On Fri, 28 May 2010 08:20:03 -0400, "Mark Andrews"
<mandrews___NOSPAM___(a)rptsoftware.com> wrote:

That is still shaking out. Some like Microsoft Answers
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/ but at this
time it is far from ideal. Others may go to UtterAccess or to this
Yahoo group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MS_Access_Professionals
or other places. The newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access is not
controlled by Microsoft and will continue to exist.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP


>Just wondering where all the regulars are going to when the access related
>newsgroups shut down?
>
>I have never used a Microsoft Forum, I guess I could switch to utteraccess?
>
>I always found these newsgroups better and easier to use.
>
>Mark Andrews
>RPT Software
>http://www.rptsoftware.com
>http://www.donationmanagementsoftware.com
From: Larry Linson on 28 May 2010 15:46
I'm already "back" in the USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access; traffic
there is low, compared to even a year ago, but quite a numbr of my MVP
colleagues have indicated they'll be monitoring it.

I'm waiting for the Microsoft forums to "settle" and for Access to be
assigned its own category (not lumped in "Other" with other Microsoft
products, e.g., InfoPath) before I bother wasting my time "looking into that
option" because until that happens, I don't even have to try it to know that
it's unacceptable to me.

If your ISP does not have its own news server, you'll need to get one. On
good advice from colleagues, I signed up with "news.individual.net" run by
the Free University of Berlin... not free, but not expensive, either (10
euros per year). Several free news servers have also been recommended -- one
I remember is called "Eternal September".

--
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


"Mark Andrews" <mandrews___NOSPAM___(a)rptsoftware.com> wrote in message
news:OO45WAm$KHA.4652(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Just wondering where all the regulars are going to when the access related
> newsgroups shut down?
>
> I have never used a Microsoft Forum, I guess I could switch to
> utteraccess?
>
> I always found these newsgroups better and easier to use.
>
> Mark Andrews
> RPT Software
> http://www.rptsoftware.com
> http://www.donationmanagementsoftware.com


From: Mark Andrews on 28 May 2010 16:40
FYI: I gave Eternal September a try and it seems to work fine (you just need
to register to get a userid/password).

However, the comp.databases.ms-access newsgroup doesn't seem to have much
activity.
I'm wondering if the normal everyday user will be accessing it?

Does that "newsgroup bridge" for the microsoft forums work? I never tried
any microsoft forums.
Hoping I can stick with a newsgroup reader?

Does utteraccess have any newsgroup reader access? haven't used that one
much either. I think I tried a few questions
and got a bunch of answers that don't really answer the question asked.

Before this thing goes down it would be great if we knew where the normal
group of access experts are going to.
I hate asking questions in some groups where I'm always smarter than the guy
answering the question.
This newsgroup has held up a high level of expertise, so I need to track
where all the smart guys are going
so I have a chance at getting some difficult questions answered! Quick
answers also help, otherwise I tend to go figure
it out myself.

Also I want to help answer a few questions when time permits.

Thanks,
Mark


"Larry Linson" <bouncer(a)localhost.not> wrote in message
news:OTPZy5p$KHA.5848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I'm already "back" in the USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access;
> traffic there is low, compared to even a year ago, but quite a numbr of my
> MVP colleagues have indicated they'll be monitoring it.
>
> I'm waiting for the Microsoft forums to "settle" and for Access to be
> assigned its own category (not lumped in "Other" with other Microsoft
> products, e.g., InfoPath) before I bother wasting my time "looking into
> that option" because until that happens, I don't even have to try it to
> know that it's unacceptable to me.
>
> If your ISP does not have its own news server, you'll need to get one. On
> good advice from colleagues, I signed up with "news.individual.net" run by
> the Free University of Berlin... not free, but not expensive, either (10
> euros per year). Several free news servers have also been recommended --
> one I remember is called "Eternal September".
>
> --
> Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP
> Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley
> Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET
> comp.databases.ms-access
>
>
> "Mark Andrews" <mandrews___NOSPAM___(a)rptsoftware.com> wrote in message
> news:OO45WAm$KHA.4652(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Just wondering where all the regulars are going to when the access
>> related newsgroups shut down?
>>
>> I have never used a Microsoft Forum, I guess I could switch to
>> utteraccess?
>>
>> I always found these newsgroups better and easier to use.
>>
>> Mark Andrews
>> RPT Software
>> http://www.rptsoftware.com
>> http://www.donationmanagementsoftware.com
>
>
From: David W. Fenton on 28 May 2010 20:07
Tom van Stiphout <tom7744.no.spam(a)cox.net> wrote in
news:b6hvv553hjkcvmsgbev6eoh3b1302gtfsb(a)4ax.com:

> That is still shaking out. Some like Microsoft Answers
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/ but at
> this time it is far from ideal. Others may go to UtterAccess or to
> this Yahoo group
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MS_Access_Professionals or
> other places. The newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access is not
> controlled by Microsoft and will continue to exist.

As will all the microsoft.public.* newsgroups that are hosted on the
myriad web servers that are *not* owned by Microsoft.

I'm not going anywhere, and I'm not going to fiddle around with the
crappy Answers forum.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/
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