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(OT) Microsoft Newsgroups
(OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the
Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia |
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(OT) Microsoft Newsgroups
On Mar 21, 3:47*pm, wrote:
(OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia Get a Mac and your blood pressure will soon return to normal. Joe |
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 3/21/2011 10:15 PM spake thus: On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:47:06 -0400, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia You already have the "tools". You are using Agent 6. If your easynews dont carry them (it should), then get a free news server such as AIOE (that's what I'm using and I cna use them), or "Eternal September" is another free news service provider. There are others too. F**K Microsoft. The groups still exist and can be read from your Agent newsreader. Are you sure about that? I just tried accessing some Microsoft newsgroups (microsoft.public.xxx), and the server seems to be nonexistent. From news.planet.nl(my provider):hundreds of them. |
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On 3/22/2011 10:27 AM Joe spake thus:
On Mar 21, 3:47 pm, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia Get a Mac and your blood pressure will soon return to normal. Right, because as we know, no Micro$oft software runs on Macs. -- The current state of literacy in our advanced civilization: yo wassup nuttin wan2 hang k where here k l8tr by - from Usenet (what's *that*?) |
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On 3/22/2011 12:25 PM Sjouke Burry spake thus:
David Nebenzahl wrote: On 3/21/2011 10:15 PM spake thus: On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:47:06 -0400, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia You already have the "tools". You are using Agent 6. If your easynews dont carry them (it should), then get a free news server such as AIOE (that's what I'm using and I cna use them), or "Eternal September" is another free news service provider. There are others too. F**K Microsoft. The groups still exist and can be read from your Agent newsreader. Are you sure about that? I just tried accessing some Microsoft newsgroups (microsoft.public.xxx), and the server seems to be nonexistent. From news.planet.nl(my provider):hundreds of them. Well, I found a bunch of them (maybe the same set?) on aioe.org. However, when I tried posting to one of them (one of the Word groups), I got a weird error message back saying the date/time in my message header was over an hour old (????!???). And there were only three messages in the group (dunno what aioe's retention period is; that might explain that). So in corn-clusion, I'm not sure these groups are actually active. Are you able to see a reasonable number of messages in these groups? Can you post to them? If so, I guess this means that the whole microsoft.* hierarchy is now kind of floating free in NNTP-space, despite the mother ship having cut the umbilical cord. Kind of a strange situation if true. -- The current state of literacy in our advanced civilization: yo wassup nuttin wan2 hang k where here k l8tr by - from Usenet (what's *that*?) |
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 3/22/2011 12:25 PM Sjouke Burry spake thus: David Nebenzahl wrote: On 3/21/2011 10:15 PM spake thus: On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:47:06 -0400, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia You already have the "tools". You are using Agent 6. If your easynews dont carry them (it should), then get a free news server such as AIOE (that's what I'm using and I cna use them), or "Eternal September" is another free news service provider. There are others too. F**K Microsoft. The groups still exist and can be read from your Agent newsreader. Are you sure about that? I just tried accessing some Microsoft newsgroups (microsoft.public.xxx), and the server seems to be nonexistent. From news.planet.nl(my provider):hundreds of them. Well, I found a bunch of them (maybe the same set?) on aioe.org. However, when I tried posting to one of them (one of the Word groups), I got a weird error message back saying the date/time in my message header was over an hour old (????!???). And there were only three messages in the group (dunno what aioe's retention period is; that might explain that). So in corn-clusion, I'm not sure these groups are actually active. Are you able to see a reasonable number of messages in these groups? Can you post to them? If so, I guess this means that the whole microsoft.* hierarchy is now kind of floating free in NNTP-space, despite the mother ship having cut the umbilical cord. Kind of a strange situation if true. Any newsgroup has always existed in "the cloud", never carried/served by one provider only. If you have a particular set of groups in mind I can check, the whole group is too big for my taste :) I follow some dos and batch groups, some alt. computers/win98/xp, and a few c/c++/fortran groups. I never did fancy the "official" M$ groups. |
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:47:06 -0400, wrote:
(OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia I read all of the replies to the above question (my post) - thanks. I have been told by Forte (Agent newsreader): "Microsoft has ended the bridge so it is impossible to read any of these forums with a newsreader, any newsreader. So it is not possible to read these groups anymore with agent or any other newsreader." The newsgroups, as to repliers posted, are at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/ This is a list of all available newsgroups, the source. In my opinion this forum presentation is not even close to being as efficient as the newsreaders. A step backwards for Microsoft technology. But, more control for Microsoft. |
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David Nebenzahl wrote: On 3/22/2011 10:27 AM Joe spake thus: On Mar 21, 3:47 pm, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia Get a Mac and your blood pressure will soon return to normal. Right, because as we know, no Micro$oft software runs on Macs. I'm sure you meant to type that all microsoft software runs on macs, since all macs can run windoze now. |
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On 3/22/2011 10:29 PM, Smitty Two wrote:
In ters.com, David wrote: On 3/22/2011 10:27 AM Joe spake thus: On Mar 21, 3:47 pm, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia Get a Mac and your blood pressure will soon return to normal. Right, because as we know, no Micro$oft software runs on Macs. I'm sure you meant to type that all microsoft software runs on macs, since all macs can run windoze now. Recent Macs, mebbe. Lotta old Macs out there, and they are pretty durable. -- aem sends... |
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aemeijers wrote: Recent Macs, mebbe. Lotta old Macs out there, and they are pretty durable. Yeah, tell me about it. Unfortunately, obsolescence is forced on us. My mac is gettin' pretty long in the tooth. But it has all the speed, power, and memory that I need or want. Still, I can barely surf the web anymore, because all three of my browsers are ancient. I can't upgrade them, because the OS is too old. And I can't update the OS, because the computer is too old. It sucks, but I'm very close to throwing it in the trash (uh, I mean, taking it to the electronics "recycler") and ponying up for a new one. |
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On 3/22/2011 10:57 PM, Smitty Two wrote:
In articleVK6dnWwFQ6j2wxTQnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@giganews. com, wrote: Recent Macs, mebbe. Lotta old Macs out there, and they are pretty durable. Yeah, tell me about it. Unfortunately, obsolescence is forced on us. My mac is gettin' pretty long in the tooth. But it has all the speed, power, and memory that I need or want. Still, I can barely surf the web anymore, because all three of my browsers are ancient. I can't upgrade them, because the OS is too old. And I can't update the OS, because the computer is too old. It sucks, but I'm very close to throwing it in the trash (uh, I mean, taking it to the electronics "recycler") and ponying up for a new one. At least offer it on freecycle or post it for $1 on CL. Some poor SOB out there may have a dead one of similar vintage, and you can put him back in business. It is a sin to bury or scrap any running equipment- somebody somewhere can make use of it. -- aem sends... |
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aemeijers wrote: At least offer it on freecycle or post it for $1 on CL. Some poor SOB out there may have a dead one of similar vintage, and you can put him back in business. It is a sin to bury or scrap any running equipment- somebody somewhere can make use of it. True. I'll likely go the CL free route. |
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wrote:
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:47:06 -0400, wrote: (OT) The Microsoft newsgroups are no longer accessible from the Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge. How does one now access the information which used to be accessible? Typical newsgroup subjects we answers.en.w7.hardware; answers.en.w7.network; and answere.en.w7.performance. tia I read all of the replies to the above question (my post) - thanks. I have been told by Forte (Agent newsreader): "Microsoft has ended the bridge so it is impossible to read any of these forums with a newsreader, any newsreader. So it is not possible to read these groups anymore with agent or any other newsreader." The newsgroups, as to repliers posted, are at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/ This is a list of all available newsgroups, the source. In my opinion this forum presentation is not even close to being as efficient as the newsreaders. A step backwards for Microsoft technology. But, more control for Microsoft. At the top of the link you provide is a search box. Put anything in the search box and you'll get "Service unavailable - try later." It's been like that for at least three days. Not very inspiring. |
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