Is this Community service still Operating

[alxrays]

I've been sending questions for several days and can not see any of them
posted.
Could someone let me know if this is still operating as a discussion group

 

[Charles W Davis]

Alxrays,

The service is still up and running, I have seen your posts and have
responded to one. You are obviously using the web base access. I suggest
that you use an NNTP Newsreader.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/guide/newsgroups.mspx

 

[Bruce Hagen]

No. The CDO is screwed up as usual. Use a newsreader instead. (Not that you
will see this).

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MShttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Big_Al]

alxrays said this on 12/28/2008 9:26 PM:

I've been sending questions for several days and can not see any of them
posted.
Could someone let me know if this is still operating as a discussion group

Yes, you got 7 messages all the way back to the first of December.
Obviously you don't know what you are doing..... Nor do I since I'm
responding to someone that admits he can't read replies.
Oh well, happy new year!

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If you can't see your posts, how are you going to see this reply? How shall
we let you know that the web-based access to this newsgroup is FUBAR but
that NNTP access (and Google Groups) still works?

 

[Daave]

If you can't see your posts, how are you going to see this reply? How
shall we let you know that the web-based access to this newsgroup is
FUBAR but that NNTP access (and Google Groups) still works?

If a tree falls in a forest...

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I've been sending questions for several days and can not see any of them
posted.
Could someone let me know if this is still operating as a discussion group

This isn't a forum; it's a newsgroup. The reason you're having such
problems is that you are using the awful web interface to read this
newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there
is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook
Express, which comes with Windows XP, or Windows Mail, which comes
with Vista. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[alxrays]

I've been using this site for awhile and when the post didn't list I figured
their server was screwed up which turns out it was.I just thought someone
like you would respond and I would get a Notification in my Email stating
there was a reply. Which I did and now know that the Community Service is
still operating-Thanks and Happy New Year!

 

[alxrays]

I got a Notification of a reply in my Email address.
Thanks

 

[alxrays]

I got a Notification of Reply in my Email address.

 

[Big_Al]

alxrays said this on 1/1/2009 12:49 PM:

I've been using this site for awhile and when the post didn't list I figured
their server was screwed up which turns out it was.I just thought someone
like you would respond and I would get a Notification in my Email stating
there was a reply. Which I did and now know that the Community Service is
still operating-Thanks and Happy New Year!

You still may benefit from setting up Outlook express and using that
rather than the web based service you are using. If its the
Microsoft.Public.* groups you are after then they are free at the
msnews.microsoft.com server with no login or password required.

You get a much better feel of connectivity via OE.