Ryan H said:
Is any one else noticing this forum is not working properly.
You comments are all over the map: different problems, different
resolutions.
I'm not getting notifications
I believe people have been complaining about that for a long time. I don't
use the MS Discussion Groups web interface much. So I don't rely on its
notification feature.
forum pages cannot be refreshed. And what I mean by refreshed is,
I see the same posts and I don't see my reply's, nor do I see new
posts even hours later.
It seems a little silly to ask why you don't see responses by using the very
interface where you don't see response, dontcha think?
There are at least three common ways to view MS newsgroups (aka discussion
groups): MS Discussion Groups web interface, Google Groups web interface,
and accessing the MS news server directly through a news reader application
such as Outlook Express (Windows Mail on Vista and later), Outlook (?), etc.
There is a fourth method that I don't know much about: thecodecage.com, I
think.
There is no "trouble free" method. Each method relies on an external server
(one or more computers, actually), and every server has had problems at one
time or another. I suspect that Google Groups would be the easiest for you
to use.
But the point is: if you are having trouble with one method, try using
another method. However, bear in mind that your postings might be viewable
only one on the server that you post them to. And as you've learned,
sometimes not even that.
(Usually, the various servers synch up later.)
Its like the forum is frozen.
That may very well be the case. But it is hard to say for sure because you
are not specific.
The MSDG system was indeed frozen from some time on Jan 9 through some time
on Jan 11 (as I recall), then again for a shorter period on Jan 11 and/or
Jan 12 (depending on your timezone). See the thread (aka discussion) titled
"FYI: MSDG not displaying posts;..." started on Jan 9.
To my knowledge, it has not been "frozen" per se for long periods since
then. But there can always be short-term delays for any of a number of
reasons. Also, you might have lost track of your postings during "frozen"
periods because of the screwy way that the MSDG web interface works. Even
searching for your own posting can result in an incomplete list, not to
mention unsorted.
So your perception of "frozen" might be incorrect at this point of time.
(Google Groups might be a better way to find your postings. But even GG
advanced search is not reliable, in my experience.)
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