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From: Ǝиçεl on 17 Jul 2010 09:02 http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories "sheana" wrote: > Hi, > > I subscribe to a number of MS newsgroups, but, for example, when I clicked > on the newsgroup for word.general I got a message that that newsgroup was > not available from the MS server. Is MS phasing out the > communities/newsgroups? Let me know, because I find them incredibly helpful. > Thanks in advance. > > . >
From: Shenan Stanley on 17 Jul 2010 09:55 sheana wrote: > I subscribe to a number of MS newsgroups, but, for example, when I > clicked on the newsgroup for word.general I got a message that that > newsgroup was not available from the MS server. Is MS phasing out > the communities/newsgroups? Let me know, because I find them > incredibly helpful. Thanks in advance. SC Tom wrote: > I'm truly surprised you haven't seen this on any newsgroup in the > last few months: > > "What is Happening? > This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin > discontinuing newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft > forums. > Why? > As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; > however, the traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily > decreasing for the past several years while customers and > participants are increasingly finding solutions in the forums on > Microsoft properties and third party sites. This move will unify > the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier for > active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate > redundancies and make the content easier to find by customers and > search engines through improved indexing. Additionally, forums > offer a better user and spam management platform that will improve > customer satisfaction by encouraging a healthy discussion in a > clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will begin to > progressively shift available resources to the forums technology > and discontinue support for newsgroups. > In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for > those users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to > participate in the newsgroups community, we have developed a > solution called the NNTP Bridge which allows a user to connect a > variety of supported NNTP readers to the forums they would like to > participate in and continue having the NTTP reader functionality. You can > find instructions on how to download and set up the NNTP > Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ > Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? > All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, > 2010 and October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in > a phased approach, starting with the least active newsgroups and > moving eventually to more active ones throughout the course of the > next six months. > > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup > is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like > to invite you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xphardware/threads > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are > finalized. > Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx > > Who Should I Contact with any Questions? > Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing > to NNTP(a)microsoft.com " sheana wrote: > I haven't been reading the newsgroups lately. but since I will have > to migrate to the forums, where are they? Thanks in advance. You obviously not only "haven't been reading the newsgroups lately" but do not bother to read the postings you reply to. ;-) Let me repeat what you replied to that tells you quite clearly where to go: > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xphardware/threads > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > > Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx That help? ;-) If not - there was also a place listed in the reply to ask more questions. I will repeat that part now: > Who Should I Contact with any Questions? > Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing > to NNTP(a)microsoft.com " Hopefully that gets you where you need to go. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: MapleE. on 17 Jul 2010 09:56 I agree with OP, because I too have received incredible helpful and good solutions whenever I posted my queries over the years. Then, I truly miss all of those wonderful and selfless MS volutenterrs I've been reading for many years. My question is; All those 'terrific,' 'expert' and 'wonderful' volunteers have been migrating to all listed MS forums? Thanks, "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message news:JOf0o.15489$Bh2.12359(a)newsfe04.iad... > > "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:819EDD3B-7BC4-43AA-A263-0199F302A61B(a)microsoft.com... >> Hi, >> >> I subscribe to a number of MS newsgroups, but, for example, when I >> clicked on the newsgroup for word.general I got a message that that >> newsgroup was not available from the MS server. Is MS phasing out the >> communities/newsgroups? Let me know, because I find them incredibly >> helpful. Thanks in advance. > > I'm truly surprised you haven't seen this on any newsgroup in the last few > months: > > "What is Happening? > This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing > newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. > > Why? > As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the > traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the > past several years while customers and participants are increasingly > finding > solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. > This > move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it > easier > for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies > and > make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through > improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam > management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging > a > healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft > will > begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology > and discontinue support for newsgroups. > > In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those > users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the > newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge > which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the > forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP > reader > functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up > the > NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ > > Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? > All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and > October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased > approach, > starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more > active ones throughout the course of the next six months. > > > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xphardware/threads > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > > Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx > > Who Should I Contact with any Questions? > Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to > NNTP(a)microsoft.com "
From: Shenan Stanley on 17 Jul 2010 10:00 MapleE. wrote: > I agree with OP, because I too have received incredible helpful > and good solutions whenever I posted my queries over the years. > Then, I truly miss all of those wonderful and selfless MS > volutenterrs I've been reading for many years. > > My question is; > All those 'terrific,' 'expert' and 'wonderful' volunteers have been > migrating to all listed MS forums? Some. Some may dislike the different format enough to avoid going there ever. Some may try it for a while and then fade away. Others may just go to other newsgroups (or the same newsgroups hosted on free news servers.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 17 Jul 2010 10:33
See... Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx Right now, this page lists the NGs that were dropped on June 1st: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx Not listed are NGs dropped on Juy 1st, including your favorites IE General, OE General & Windows Update. You will find support for Internet Explorer in this MS forum now: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads You will find support for OE in this WinXP-specific forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xpnetwork/threads You will find support for Windows Update in this MS forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/threads Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) as well as your current IE version (e.g., IE6, IE7, IE8) in your first post in these forums, please. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 sheana wrote: > I subscribe to a number of MS newsgroups, but, for example, when I clicked > on the newsgroup for word.general I got a message that that newsgroup was > not available from the MS server. Is MS phasing out the > communities/newsgroups? Let me know, because I find them incredibly > helpful. > Thanks in advance. |