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Old June 6th, 2010, 10:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc
MarkC
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Hi,

I did a newsgroup list reset in Outlook Express on msnews.microsoft.com and
lost the following groups:
microsoft.public.excel
microsoft.public.excel.newusers
microsoft.public.powerpoint
microsoft.public.word.newusers


Are those no longer available? Were those replaced by another group
name(s)?


Thanks,

Mark


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Old June 6th, 2010, 10:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc
Leroy[_2_]
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Microsoft is in the process of transitioning from newsgroups to
moderated forums. Please visit:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...S/group/Office

MarkC wrote:
Hi,

I did a newsgroup list reset in Outlook Express on msnews.microsoft.com and
lost the following groups:
microsoft.public.excel
microsoft.public.excel.newusers
microsoft.public.powerpoint
microsoft.public.word.newusers


Are those no longer available? Were those replaced by another group
name(s)?


Thanks,

Mark


  #3  
Old June 6th, 2010, 10:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc
MarkC
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Thank You,
Mark


"Leroy" wrote in message
...
Microsoft is in the process of transitioning from newsgroups to moderated
forums. Please visit:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...S/group/Office

MarkC wrote:
Hi,

I did a newsgroup list reset in Outlook Express on msnews.microsoft.com
and lost the following groups:
microsoft.public.excel
microsoft.public.excel.newusers
microsoft.public.powerpoint
microsoft.public.word.newusers


Are those no longer available? Were those replaced by another group
name(s)?


Thanks,

Mark



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Old June 6th, 2010, 11:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc
David Troxell - Encourager Software
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On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:27:25 -0500, Leroy wrote:

Microsoft is in the process of transitioning from newsgroups to
moderated forums. Please visit:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...S/group/Office


In addition to Leroy's answer, my company has a blog -

Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge - Instructions to use
http://profileexchanges.com/blog/?p=397

to help those who want to continue to use their Newsgroup client (reader)
to post and view forum messages in their Newsgroup client.

Instructions are also available at Microsoft Connect -

https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums

but our blog gives some step by step instructions that might simplify the
process for some.

There are TWO NNTP Bridges available.

* The Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge can be used to participate in MSDN,
TechNet, Expression, and General Microsoft forums.

* The Microsoft Answers NNTP Bridge can be used to participate in Answers
forums only.

David


MarkC wrote:
Hi,

I did a newsgroup list reset in Outlook Express on msnews.microsoft.com and
lost the following groups:
microsoft.public.excel
microsoft.public.excel.newusers
microsoft.public.powerpoint
microsoft.public.word.newusers


Are those no longer available? Were those replaced by another group
name(s)?


Thanks,

Mark




--
From David Troxell - Encourager Software
Email - mailto Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge - Instructions to use
http://profileexchanges.com/blog/?p=397
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Old June 7th, 2010, 12:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc
Stewart Berman
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Posts: 68
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Unfortunately, the performance of the bridges -- both the two Microsoft ones
and the open source Community one -- leave a lot to be desired.

Assume you have setup a forum in Agent 6 and download current messages
through one of the bridges. If you close Agent and close the bridge the
next time you startup the bridge and Agent and try to download new headers
from a forum with a few new headers but a large number of posts (i.e. 10K+)
you will wait for a very long time. While Agent can identify and download a
few new headers from any size newsgroup in a few seconds the bridge
interface requires tens of minutes for large forums.

David Troxell - Encourager Software
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:27:25 -0500, Leroy wrote:

Microsoft is in the process of transitioning from newsgroups to
moderated forums. Please visit:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...S/group/Office


In addition to Leroy's answer, my company has a blog -

Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge - Instructions to use
http://profileexchanges.com/blog/?p=397

to help those who want to continue to use their Newsgroup client (reader)
to post and view forum messages in their Newsgroup client.

Instructions are also available at Microsoft Connect -

https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums

but our blog gives some step by step instructions that might simplify the
process for some.

There are TWO NNTP Bridges available.

* The Microsoft Forums NNTP Bridge can be used to participate in MSDN,
TechNet, Expression, and General Microsoft forums.

* The Microsoft Answers NNTP Bridge can be used to participate in Answers
forums only.

David


MarkC wrote:
Hi,

I did a newsgroup list reset in Outlook Express on msnews.microsoft.com and
lost the following groups:
microsoft.public.excel
microsoft.public.excel.newusers
microsoft.public.powerpoint
microsoft.public.word.newusers


Are those no longer available? Were those replaced by another group
name(s)?


Thanks,

Mark


 




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