Groups? Discussions?

[Phil vK]

I am thoroughly confused! Over the weekend (and now of course) I posted
questions in this “areaâ€. When I got to work this morning and started
looking for the posts, I found that at work I have set my favorites to look
for Excel questions in an “Office / Communityâ€. I now know why I have a heck
of a time finding all my posts and answers.

Can someone please direct to someone, or something that will clear up what
the difference is between Forums, Discussion Groups, and Newsgroups on
Microsoft.com, and which one I should be using? They do not appear to be the
same. Thanks.

 

[Don Guillett]

Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Gary''s Student]

Checkout Google:

http://groups.google.com/groups/sea..._miny=2008&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=5&as_maxy=2008&

 

[Phil vK]

Thank you Don and Gary for responding to this. Where I am confused however
is that there appears to be a least 2 areas of Excel topics on Microsoft.com.
Both are called “discussion groupsâ€.

One is titled “Discussions in Excel†which is under “MICROSOFT Discussion
Groups Homeâ€. The other is under “OFFICE Discussion Groups Homeâ€.

They do not appear to be the same….is one better than the other? Are these
the same as newsgroups and / or forums?