Where Have All The Newsgroups Gone

On 8/13/2010 3:59 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:22:25 -0400, "Abradaxis"
wrote:

Thanks to all. Too bad!


You're welcome. Glad to help.

Yes, I also think it was too bad. Microsoft made what I consider a bad
mistake.




"Ken Blake, wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:25 -0400, "Abradaxis"
wrote:

I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But
all
my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset
my
groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my
office
and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!!



See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get
these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the
following servers (all free):

news.eternal-september.org
aioe.org
news.albasani.net




--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup



I agree, Ken. Do you know if Microsoft's primary reason was financial
or was it too hard to control the responses in the newsgroups or was
there some other reason. I use the news.eternal-september.org server to
access the 98 general newsgroup.

On 8/13/2010 3:59 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:22:25 -0400, "Abradaxis"
wrote:

Thanks to all. Too bad!


You're welcome. Glad to help.

Yes, I also think it was too bad. Microsoft made what I consider a bad
mistake.




"Ken Blake, wrote in message
...
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:39:25 -0400, "Abradaxis"
wrote:

I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But
all
my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset
my
groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my
office
and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!!



See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get
these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the
following servers (all free):

news.eternal-september.org
aioe.org
news.albasani.net




--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup



I agree, Ken. Do you know if Microsoft's primary reason was financial
or was it too hard to control the responses in the newsgroups or was
there some other reason. I use the news.eternal-september.org server to
access the 98 general newsgroup.

On 8/13/2010 12:39 PM, Abradaxis wrote:
I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But all
my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset my
groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my office
and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!!



Microsoft killed them and within another couple of months, they are
shutting down the server.

On 8/13/2010 12:39 PM, Abradaxis wrote:
I used to be able to access Newsgroups through IE's outlook express. But all
my favorite newsgroups about Word, Excel, etc. have disappeared. I reset my
groups, even removed msnews.micrsoft.com and re-added it, but all my office
and many of my other groups have just disappeared. HELP!!!!



Microsoft killed them and within another couple of months, they are
shutting down the server.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:07:41 -0600, "Dan W."
wrote:

On 8/13/2010 3:59 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:



See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get
these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the
following servers (all free):

news.eternal-september.org
aioe.org
news.albasani.net




--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup



I agree, Ken. Do you know if Microsoft's primary reason was financial
or was it too hard to control the responses in the newsgroups or was
there some other reason. I use the news.eternal-september.org server to
access the 98 general newsgroup.


I know nothing more than anyone else's here about Microsoft's reason,
but I doubt very much if it was financial. I think it had to do with
control. There were probably lots of ways they could have exercised
more control, but as far as I'm concerned, they chose the poorest way.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:07:41 -0600, "Dan W."
wrote:

On 8/13/2010 3:59 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:



See the other replies you've gotten, but note that you can still get
these newsgroups (with a diminished number of messages) from the
following servers (all free):

news.eternal-september.org
aioe.org
news.albasani.net




--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup



I agree, Ken. Do you know if Microsoft's primary reason was financial
or was it too hard to control the responses in the newsgroups or was
there some other reason. I use the news.eternal-september.org server to
access the 98 general newsgroup.


I know nothing more than anyone else's here about Microsoft's reason,
but I doubt very much if it was financial. I think it had to do with
control. There were probably lots of ways they could have exercised
more control, but as far as I'm concerned, they chose the poorest way.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Per ruic:
Microsoft moved them to their web site as community forums.

Does anybody know what software they use for those forums?

RSS available?
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PeteCresswell