We all knew this was coming. MS to shut down news servers.

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philo

This group is a perfect example of why usenet is dying.
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Although MS is pulling out of Usenet...
Usenet is hardly dying...
there are thousands of active droups
 
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Stephen Wolstenholme

This group is a perfect example of why usenet is dying.
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Such messages are a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some of us hate the move
to web based forums.

Steve
 
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LD5SZRA

You don't have to use Forums if you don't want to because
Microsoft has released its latest version of NNTP bridge that
allows you to read forums in your newsreader. The link is here:

<http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/content/content.aspx?ContentID=13820>

hth


Stephen said:
Some of us hate the move
to web based forums.
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LD5SZRA

Go to the link I gave you because you have all the pictures. The
only thing you need to read carefully is the last para that says:

"Configure your newsreader client" This is where I have problem
at first but solved it pretty quickly. If you still have problems
let me know.

hth


I have seen that but I can't get it to work with my reader. I didn't
try too hard as I don't use many Microsoft groups.
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Stephen Wolstenholme

Go to the link I gave you because you have all the pictures. The
only thing you need to read carefully is the last para that says:

"Configure your newsreader client" This is where I have problem
at first but solved it pretty quickly. If you still have problems
let me know.
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I already have the link in Chrome. I can't remember the problem - it
may have been some requirement to use Explorer. If the need arises
I'll have another go.

Steve
 
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MJMIII

philo said:
Although MS is pulling out of Usenet...
Usenet is hardly dying...
there are thousands of active droups
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Correction. Tens of thousands.
 
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milt

Although MS is pulling out of Usenet...
Usenet is hardly dying...
there are thousands of active droups
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Usenet isn't dying, its just getting rid of tons of people that don't
have a clue. Usenet is going just fine.
 
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milt

I have seen that but I can't get it to work with my reader. I didn't
try too hard as I don't use many Microsoft groups.

Steve
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I got it to work, briefly...but it was a bit buggy and damn, those
forums were just insane to try and follow, hundreds of new posts a day
and so many asking the same questions. It was tough to follow. I got rid
of it.
 
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SC Tom

Stephen Wolstenholme said:
I have seen that but I can't get it to work with my reader. I didn't
try too hard as I don't use many Microsoft groups.

Steve

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I got it to start and added some forums, but what a dog! It would DL about
500 headers, then timeout. If I left that forum, then went back, it would
pick up about 100 more headers, then timeout again. That's using it in OE6
in WinXP. I haven't tried it on my Win7 notebook with Windows Live, but I
have a feeling it'll be about the same.
 
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Tom Lake

Although MS is pulling out of Usenet...
Usenet isn't dying, its just getting rid of tons of people that don't
have a clue. Usenet is going just fine.
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Do you have statistics to back up that assertion?
I'm not saying you're wrong but I'd like to see some hard data.
Anecdotal evidence doesn't count.

Tom Lake
 
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Gilgamesh

LD5SZRA said:
You don't have to use Forums if you don't want to because
Microsoft has released its latest version of NNTP bridge that
allows you to read forums in your newsreader. The link is here:

<http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/content/content.aspx?ContentID=13820>

hth
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And this is where I have a problem. The bridge software makes it appear
that your news server is on your local pc. However I already run a news
server on my local PC that has feeds from the MS News Groups (so I can keep
a permanent personal archive on groups related to my job).
So if I was to install the bridge then I will be getting conflicts between
my server software and the bridge software :-(
 
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wonderwhy

Do you have statistics to back up that assertion?
I'm not saying you're wrong but I'd like to see some hard data.
Anecdotal evidence doesn't count.

Tom Lake
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You have just been added to the list (of people without a clue)
 
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Roy Smith

You don't have to use Forums if you don't want to because
Microsoft has released its latest version of NNTP bridge that
allows you to read forums in your newsreader. The link is here:

<http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/content/content.aspx?ContentID=13820>

hth
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I've tried that and it does work, but it's noticeably slower that a real
nntp server feed. One thing that I would like to see added to it is the
ability to start when Windows starts and log on automatically. I can't
count the number of times I started up Thunderbird and forgot to start
the NNTP Bridge program.

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Windows 7 Professional

Timestamp: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 8:09:27 AM
 
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wonderwhy

This group is a perfect example of why usenet is dying.
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Usenet isn't dying but some newgroups are a waste of time because of
people like Aliass. That's part of the reason this is being done, so it
can be moderated and assholes like him banned.
 
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