Where are all the newgroups?????

[tshad]

Where all the newsgroups????

This is about the only newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com.

All the newsgroups I used to use seem to have disappeared. I used to use
newsgroups for sqlserver, vc for asp.net, vb for asp.net and xp general.

They show up in the list of newsgroups but as soon as it tries to access
them, the reader says they don't exist and then they disappear.

Tom

 

[Martin Honnen]

Where all the newsgroups????

Gone, see http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx.

 

[HP]

Thanks,

But what will be the news server name for this?
eg. before we use msnews.microsoft.com & now?

 

[Martin Honnen]

But what will be the news server name for this?
eg. before we use msnews.microsoft.com & now?

The news groups are being closed and the news server will be closed too.
Instead Microsoft wants you to use browser based forums, start with
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx

 

[Karl Mitschke]

Hello HP,

Thanks,

But what will be the news server name for this?
eg. before we use msnews.microsoft.com & now?

Tom;

You can use news.eternal-september.org

It's free, but you have to sign up.

Karl
http://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
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[tshad]

Hello HP,


Tom;

You can use news.eternal-september.org

It's free, but you have to sign up.

Do I do that the same was as I do with MS newsgroups and my IE Express?

Are all the newsgroups there?

Thanks,

Tom

Karl
http://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
-join("6B61726C6D69747363686B65406D742E6E6574"-split"(?<=\G.{2})",19|%{[char][int]"0x$_"})

 

[tshad]

Gone, see http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx.

I looked there and can't find the sql server programmers newsgroups.

I also don't like the setup much. I would like to sort by author but there
doesn't seem to be there.

I also only need about 7 newsgroups - can't see how to only see those.

Tom

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Where all the newsgroups????

This is about the only newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com.

All the newsgroups I used to use seem to have disappeared. I used to use
newsgroups for sqlserver, vc for asp.net, vb for asp.net and xp general.

They show up in the list of newsgroups but as soon as it tries to access
them, the reader says they don't exist and then they disappear.

Tom

MS servers dropped NNTP from its servers, and now you must use the MS
NNTP Bridge application (free) to get to its forums if you want to
access the MS forums with a Usenet reader or use you use a browser to
access to the MS forums.


The newsgroups you talk about are still there, with very little traffic
in them, other than C#.general, on other NNTP servers, like the ones
below or the NNTP server I use at Earthlink.


http://www.aioe.org/
http://www.eternal-september.org/

 

[Karl Mitschke]

Hello tshad,

Do I do that the same was as I do with MS newsgroups and my IE
Express?

Are all the newsgroups there?

Thanks,

Tom

Tom;

Yes, once you have an account, you setup your newsreader like the Microsoft
settings, except you need to setup login information.

Karl
http://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/
-join("6B61726C6D69747363686B65406D742E6E6574"-split"(?<=\G.{2})",19|%{[char][int]"0x$_"}