OK, Roy, thanks.
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RobF

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
news | On 7/31/2010 1:13 PM, artifo wrote:
| Very little traffic - postings - on "Basics". The last few weeks. Could
be
| the server is dropping many
| posts?
|
| It's because the server where the bulk of the messages came from
| (msnews.microsoft.com) is no longer carrying this newsgroup. Microsoft
| has decided to get away from newsgroups and switch to web forums and as
| a result they are closing down their news server.
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