Access to this site in Firefox

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FYI there's no indication on this site that if you try to access it from
Firefox that half of the functions won't work.

For instance, I spent ages hunting around this site trying to work out how
to post a message only to find that the only way to do so is to open the site
in IE.

Dissapointing, though not too surprising.
 
That'll teach me. I was thinking that this was an MS discussion board and
not realizing that this was a usenet gateway. I should have said here that
the problems come if you access this newsgroup via the
windowshelp.microsoft.com communities portal.
 
I have the same problem in XP. I cant post a new message, but I can reply to
one.
Any thoughts? Monty
 
Guy said:
FYI there's no indication on this site that if you try to access it from
Firefox that half of the functions won't work.

For instance, I spent ages hunting around this site trying to work out how
to post a message only to find that the only way to do so is to open the site
in IE.

Dissapointing, though not too surprising.
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This isn't a "site" or a forum. It's a web interface to Usenet
newsgroups and it has never worked well. Do yourself a favor and access
the newsgroups with a real newsreader instead. It is very easy to set
up. I don't have instructions for Windows Mail but the OE ones should be
close. Here is my standard information:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

Other Newsreaders for Windows (I haven't checked the list for
Vista-compatibility but Thunderbird does mail and news and works with
Vista):
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org
http://gravity.tbates.org/
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting


HTH,


Malke
 
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