It seems that I can send TEST posts but not real questions ??

"Olly" wrote in message
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It seems that I can send TEST posts but not real questions ??

Don't believe it

"Olly" wrote in message
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It seems that I can send TEST posts but not real questions ??


I think the problem is that both TEST and TEST IGNORE are both SHOUTED
statements, try the syntax - is this a test ? - and you will find that you
have succesfully posted that elusive question

Regards Jeff

Don't believe it
Well believe it, I have just tried to post text under a different title and
no joy, then went to send a TEST post and it sends.

Olly wrote:
Don't believe it

Well believe it, I have just tried to post text under a different title and
no joy, then went to send a TEST post and it sends.

Well I'm afraid I don't believe it either!

Are you saying that if your message subject is TEST you can post to
uk.d-i-y, but otherwise you can't?!

What actually happens when it won't send?

What about your post with the subject "TEST IGNORE", which got through;
not to mention the other one you replied to, entitled " OK :-)" ?

David

Normal messages send as per usual they just dont appear under this
newsgroup. I work in IT for a large retail company, so I know that its not
some stupid thing I have done
"Lobster" wrote in message
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Olly wrote:
Don't believe it

Well believe it, I have just tried to post text under a different title
and no joy, then went to send a TEST post and it sends.

Well I'm afraid I don't believe it either!

Are you saying that if your message subject is TEST you can post to
uk.d-i-y, but otherwise you can't?!

What actually happens when it won't send?

What about your post with the subject "TEST IGNORE", which got through;
not to mention the other one you replied to, entitled " OK :-)" ?

David

"Olly" wrote in message
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Don't believe it
Well believe it, I have just tried to post text under a different title
and no joy, then went to send a TEST post and it sends.


What title?

Olly wrote:
I work in IT for a large retail company, so I know that its not
some stupid thing I have done


Ah, that explains the top-posting ****wittedness.



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Grunff

In message , Olly
writes
Normal messages send as per usual they just dont appear under this
newsgroup. I work in IT for a large retail company, so I know that its not
some stupid thing I have done

It's because you're top posting


--
geoff

In message , Grunff
writes
Olly wrote:
I work in IT for a large retail company, so I know that its not some
stupid thing I have done


Ah, that explains the top-posting ****wittedness.

And typing in uppercase

and a seeming inability to make a simple post to a NG

What I want to know is, which particular large retail company should we
be careful to avoid


--
geoff

raden wrote:

What I want to know is, which particular large retail company should we
be careful to avoid


IME IT departments within large (non-IT) companies are all very similar.
You'll have a couple of people who have a vague clue, and the rest...


--
Grunff

"Grunff" wrote in message
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raden wrote:

What I want to know is, which particular large retail company should we
be careful to avoid


IME IT departments within large (non-IT) companies are all very similar.
You'll have a couple of people who have a vague clue, and the rest...

That is why they use IT consultancies to assess their need and put together
a functional spec, and then farm out the expansion/development. They only
know how to drive the system, little else.




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In article ,
Olly wrote:
Normal messages send as per usual they just dont appear under this
newsgroup. I work in IT for a large retail company, so I know that its
not some stupid thing I have done

Don't you know then it's bad form to top post and to send test messages to
a newsgroup? ;-)

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*Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.

Dave Plowman London SW
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Don't you know then it's bad form to top post and to send test messages to
a newsgroup? ;-)

As it happens, I was rooting around in the public.microsoft.* groups
earlier today, and noticed that AFAICS every single one of the Microsoft
MVPs ("Most Valuable Professionals?) who posts on those groups always
top-posts. Weird. Is it a directive from the Mr G to subvert Usenet?

David

In article ,
Lobster wrote:
Don't you know then it's bad form to top post and to send test messages to
a newsgroup? ;-)

As it happens, I was rooting around in the public.microsoft.* groups
earlier today, and noticed that AFAICS every single one of the Microsoft
MVPs ("Most Valuable Professionals?) who posts on those groups always
top-posts. Weird. Is it a directive from the Mr G to subvert Usenet?

Of course OE sort of directs you to top post by the position of the caret.

Top posting makes some sense on e-mail where you might be expected to
remember what the discussion is.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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