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From: sheana on 18 Jul 2010 06:17 Where do I find these other NNTP servers? "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:i1sgoa$mp2$1(a)news.albasani.net... > 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. > > Stop using Microsoft's NNTP server. Microsoft is abandoning their > 4-year experiment to attempt usurping the 30-year old Usenet. Connect > your newsreader (Outlook Express) to another NNTP server. Many are > free, like albasani and eternal-september, and some are very cheap, like > individual.net ($16USD/yr). Netiner Usenet or the microsoft.public.* > newsgroups are disappearing. It's Microsoft that's leaving Usenet.
From: sheana on 18 Jul 2010 06:59 I signed up for eternal-september, and when I got a list of their available newsgroups, I didn't see anything relating to MS products. I put configured my eternal-september account with the user id and pw they sent me, which they said was necessary to view all available newsgroups. I took a look at albasani, and used their contact form to request an account. So I'll have to wait on that. But how do I find the Microsoft groups on eternal-september? Which NNTP server are most of the MVP's migrating to? Thanks in advance, sheana "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:i1sgoa$mp2$1(a)news.albasani.net... > 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. > > Stop using Microsoft's NNTP server. Microsoft is abandoning their > 4-year experiment to attempt usurping the 30-year old Usenet. Connect > your newsreader (Outlook Express) to another NNTP server. Many are > free, like albasani and eternal-september, and some are very cheap, like > individual.net ($16USD/yr). Netiner Usenet or the microsoft.public.* > newsgroups are disappearing. It's Microsoft that's leaving Usenet.
From: Peter on 18 Jul 2010 07:24 On 07/18/2010 12:59 PM, sheana wrote: > I signed up for eternal-september, and when I got a list of their > available newsgroups, I didn't see anything relating to MS products. I > put configured my eternal-september account with the user id and pw they > sent me, which they said was necessary to view all available newsgroups. > > I took a look at albasani, and used their contact form to request an > account. So I'll have to wait on that. > > But how do I find the Microsoft groups on eternal-september? > > Which NNTP server are most of the MVP's migrating to? > > Thanks in advance, > > sheana Did you try refreshing the newsgroups? -- Peter
From: NimbUs on 18 Jul 2010 08:30 "sheana" <sheana(a)nospam.invalid> asked (partly snipped for brevity) : > But how do I find the Microsoft groups on eternal-september? See other messages in the thread, and see below... > Which NNTP server are most of the MVP's migrating to? Look Sheana, it doesn't matter much which NNTP server the MVPs (or you or me) are using; the way net news work, is any server (should) receive and present all of the articles - wherever each such was initially posted to. That's in the principle. In practice, some news servers might be better managed than others, have different policies (concerning retention delay, spam filtering, etc.). Also each news server on the planet has administrators who may choose not to reflect individual groups for whatever reasons. As a consequence, I don't know for sure that "eternel september" is broadcasting the ms.* groups or not (as I'm not using that server), but - since other knowledgeable responders have pointed you to that server - I would rather assume it has them. -- NimbUs
From: Jason S on 18 Jul 2010 11:06
On 2010-07-17 05:43:08 -0400, sheana said: > 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 doubt they'll be removed from premium Usenet provider servers (i.e. Giganews, Usenetserver, etc.). As long as you're using a non-MS server, they'll still be around. However, Microsoft is not carrying them as their "official" newsgroups. -- Jason |