Communities Questions Not Posting

[Candy]

My last couple of Communities Questions have not posted. Can anyone tell me
why? If I am doing something wrong or forgetting to do something, shouldn't
someone tell me? If there is a service outage, how do I find that out? If
the site is down, why can I read old messages, but not post new ones.

Thanks to whomever may be able to answer.
Candy

 

[Diane Poremsky]

It may be a server sync problem and you just can't see them - if you know
the subject, try googling for it and your alias (although I suspect Candy
gets billions of hits).

 

[Gordon]

My last couple of Communities Questions have not posted. Can anyone tell
me
why? If I am doing something wrong or forgetting to do something,
shouldn't
someone tell me? If there is a service outage, how do I find that out?
If
the site is down, why can I read old messages, but not post new ones.

Thanks to whomever may be able to answer.
Candy

Ditch the web interface and use a news reader.
How to set up OE (Windows mail is fairly similar AFAIK) as a News reader:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164&product=oex
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm

 

[Brian Tillman]

My last couple of Communities Questions have not posted.

Yes they have. Every single one.

 

[Candy]

I see that now. It took WAY LONGER than I thought it should. I'm new, so I
probably don't understand that there can sometimes be what appears to be long
delays that there may be a perfectly logical explanation for. When something
that I am learning appears not to work, I get frustrated.

Thanks to all those MVP's who answer our newbie questions patiently.

Candy

 

[Brian Tillman]

I see that now. It took WAY LONGER than I thought it should.

Probably because you're using that horrid web interface. Use a real
newsreader like Outlook Express or Forté Agent and you won't have the
problem.