At an MVP's suggestion, I joined the group
microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware and posted
a message, with bcc to myself. Going to that
new group to read "All", I see no messages,
12 hours after posting it. Not even my own
posted message. Of course, I did receive my
own bcc'd message.

Can some MVP please check that that group is alive
and functional, and let me know? If I'm doing
something wrong, what? Thanks.
--
William B. Lurie

or news://msnews.microsoft.com/(E-Mail Removed)

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"William B. Lurie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> At an MVP's suggestion, I joined the group
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware and posted
> a message, with bcc to myself. Going to that
> new group to read "All", I see no messages,
> 12 hours after posting it. Not even my own
> posted message. Of course, I did receive my
> own bcc'd message.
>
> Can some MVP please check that that group is alive
> and functional, and let me know? If I'm doing
> something wrong, what? Thanks.
> --
> William B. Lurie
>

David Candy wrote:

> or news://msnews.microsoft.com/(E-Mail Removed)
>
David, I don't understand what your message infers, other than
that my message was indeed properly posted to the hardware
newsgroup. What do I have to do, in order to see the messages
which have been posted to that newsgroup......including the
message which I posted?

--
William B. Lurie

Bill,

Looking at the Microsoft news server, msnews.microsoft.com, I see your
test message Message ID: <(E-Mail Removed)> and you
Message-ID: <(E-Mail Removed)> of 11:35 today, "Drive Copy
Won't boot" of 03:40 today.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




William B. Lurie wrote:
> David Candy wrote:
>
>> or news://msnews.microsoft.com/(E-Mail Removed)
>>
> David, I don't understand what your message infers, other than
> that my message was indeed properly posted to the hardware
> newsgroup. What do I have to do, in order to see the messages
> which have been posted to that newsgroup......including the
> message which I posted?
>

Rob Schneider wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Looking at the Microsoft news server, msnews.microsoft.com, I see your
> test message Message ID: <(E-Mail Removed)> and you
> Message-ID: <(E-Mail Removed)> of 11:35 today, "Drive Copy
> Won't boot" of 03:40 today.
>
> Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
>
> rms
>
>
>
>
> William B. Lurie wrote:
>
>> David Candy wrote:
>>
>>> or news://msnews.microsoft.com/(E-Mail Removed)
>>>
>> David, I don't understand what your message infers, other than
>> that my message was indeed properly posted to the hardware
>> newsgroup. What do I have to do, in order to see the messages
>> which have been posted to that newsgroup......including the
>> message which I posted?
>>
Thanks, Rob. So my messages get posted there, and I have
to determine why Mozilla on my machine treats this
newsgroup different from all other newsgroups. I'll ask there....

--
William B. Lurie

> Thanks, Rob. So my messages get posted there, and I have
> to determine why Mozilla on my machine treats this
> newsgroup different from all other newsgroups. I'll ask there....
>

I'm using Mozilla. My hunch is that Mozilla is doing nothing different.
You have probably set something up differently under the View Menu
since this was a new "subscription". Just compare settings between this
group and others.

Are you using a news reader (Outlook Express) or the web
interface?

With a news reader you can set the view to show your posts,
highlight messages, etc.


"William B. Lurie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| David Candy wrote:
|
| > or news://msnews.microsoft.com/(E-Mail Removed)
| >
| David, I don't understand what your message infers, other
than
| that my message was indeed properly posted to the hardware
| newsgroup. What do I have to do, in order to see the
messages
| which have been posted to that newsgroup......including
the
| message which I posted?
|
| --
| William B. Lurie

Hi, Bill.

Are you posting directly to the Microsoft public news server (which is free
and does not require you to log in)? Or are you using your ISP's news
server? Many news servers simply "slurp" posts from the MS public server
and relay posts and responses to and from their subscribers. This relay can
cause delays, out-of-sequence responses, and even lost messages.

I'm not sure how Mozilla affects this, but for most users, this link works:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...owsxp.hardware

Clicking that link should start Outlook Express 6, create a News Account for
that server, subscribe you to the hardware newsgroup, and download the 300
latest messages. These will be coming directly from the MS server, not
through some other server. When you post a message this way, it should be
available for downloading within minutes.

There are over 2,000 public newsgroups on the MS public server, including
several dozen (in English and other languages) for Windows XP.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(E-Mail Removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP

"William B. Lurie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> At an MVP's suggestion, I joined the group
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware and posted
> a message, with bcc to myself. Going to that
> new group to read "All", I see no messages,
> 12 hours after posting it. Not even my own
> posted message. Of course, I did receive my
> own bcc'd message.
>
> Can some MVP please check that that group is alive
> and functional, and let me know? If I'm doing
> something wrong, what? Thanks.
> --
> William B. Lurie

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
William B. Lurie <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> Rob Schneider wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Looking at the Microsoft news server, msnews.microsoft.com, I
see
>> your test message Message ID: <(E-Mail Removed)>
and you
>> Message-ID: <(E-Mail Removed)> of 11:35 today,
"Drive Copy
>> Won't boot" of 03:40 today.

> Thanks, Rob. So my messages get posted there, and I have
> to determine why Mozilla on my machine treats this
> newsgroup different from all other newsgroups. I'll ask
there....


For the future, you might want to note that you can always check
this kind of thing yourself. Just go to
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en and enter
the newsgroup name and your name to see what you've posted there.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

I am using Mozilla, a Netscape derivative.
The group is under msnews.microsoft.......

Jim Macklin wrote:

> Are you using a news reader (Outlook Express) or the web
> interface?
>
> With a news reader you can set the view to show your posts,
> highlight messages, etc.
>
>
> "William B. Lurie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | David Candy wrote:
> |
> | > or news://msnews.microsoft.com/(E-Mail Removed)
> | >
> | David, I don't understand what your message infers, other
> than
> | that my message was indeed properly posted to the hardware
> | newsgroup. What do I have to do, in order to see the
> messages
> | which have been posted to that newsgroup......including
> the
> | message which I posted?
> |
> | --
> | William B. Lurie
>
>


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William B. Lurie