Windows newsgroup website sucks

[JPC]

What's the point of having 522 pages of newgroup messages
when I can only access the first two pages? It's only
been a few days and already my previously posted message
is gone! If only 5% of the users can expect to get
replies to their questions, what's the point?

 

[Tony Talmage]

I'm not sure how many other users access the website; it's, in my opinion, kinda cludgy. I would suggest you use a newgroup reader, such as Outlook Express. In that way (as long as "delete messages older than x days" is not checked or at least set to something you can deal with), you can have all messages easily accesible in a mail-readable format.

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What's the point of having 522 pages of newgroup messages
when I can only access the first two pages? It's only
been a few days and already my previously posted message
is gone! If only 5% of the users can expect to get
replies to their questions, what's the point?

 

[James S Clark]

I too have been experiencing the frustration of wanting
access to these newsgroups but only being able to see the
first page (this morning I could see two - wow!). This
could be an excellent public resource were it not for the
glitchy interface.

I have read your reply from T Talmage, and I don't know
about you but frankly I'd prefer NOT to ruin my desktop by
setting up a dozen complex newsgroup links in my already-
overcrowded email client! I have tried it before and it
was a total mess after a few weeks with unsynchronised
messages flying all over the place.

Maybe it's just my peculiar desire for a provided public
service such as the MS community newsgroups to function as
expected that has made me so demanding and grouchy.

If I find a better way JPC, I'll be sure to let you know!

Jim.

 

[Carrie Garth \(MVP\)]

<SNIP> It's only been a few days and already my previously posted message is gone!
If only 5% of the users can expect to get replies to their questions, what's the

point?

You can use Google Groups Advanced Search, with relevant criteria, to easily find
specific threads. For example, if I enter your email address in the "Return only
messages where the author is" box and click "Google Search" 3 hits are returned. The
results page includes a link you can use to "View Thread".

Keep in mind that, according to the Google Help Page: "There may be a delay of up to
12 hours between articles being posted to a news server and those articles being
searchable within Google's newsgroup search." Also, although Google
does archive microsoft.public.win2000.applications it does not archive all microsoft
newsgroups.

Google Groups Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search