What is Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000

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Greetings,

I when I open a post and go to File > Properties > and Select the Details
tab, I see in the X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000.

What is Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000. What type of a Newsreader is that?

I am curious and would just like to know.

Thank you in advance for your comments and considerations in answering my
question.

Lee
 
Leer said:
Greetings,

I when I open a post and go to File > Properties > and Select the
Details tab, I see in the X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows
2000.

What is Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000. What type of a Newsreader is
that?

I am curious and would just like to know.

Thank you in advance for your comments and considerations in
answering my question.

Lee
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Hello Leer,
That is the so-called name for the "browser-based" interface to these MS newsgroups. It is not a newsreader at all, in the true traditional sense.
It is thought of as an easy way for people to post or read. But it is nearly impossible to "track" or "mark" your posts & then later, get back to them. You are way, way better to keep using O.E. as you are.

Funny thing: Last weekend, there was a post where the person had a problem, then stated "such & so has *joined* us" !!
They were thinking it was a chat room :))
 
Greetings,

Thank you to all who answered my question. I appreciate your time and
responses.

Now I know!!!

Lee
 
Funny thing: Last weekend, there was a post where the person had a
problem, then stated "such & so has *joined* us" !!
They were thinking it was a chat room :))
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Leer said:
Greetings,

I when I open a post and go to File > Properties > and Select the
Details tab, I see in the X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows
2000.

What is Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000. What type of a Newsreader is
that?

I am curious and would just like to know.

Thank you in advance for your comments and considerations in
answering my question.

Lee
Click to expand...

Hello Leer,
That is the so-called name for the "browser-based" interface to these MS
newsgroups. It is not a newsreader at all, in the true traditional sense.
It is thought of as an easy way for people to post or read. But it is
nearly impossible to "track" or "mark" your posts & then later, get back to
them. You are way, way better to keep using O.E. as you are.

Funny thing: Last weekend, there was a post where the person had a problem,
then stated "such & so has *joined* us" !!
They were thinking it was a chat room :))
 
Hi Kelly - With great restraint I've kept myself (almost !) from posting
to this thread! :)

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
Please respond in original thread in Newsgroup.




In %[email protected], Kelly typed:
 
from the wonderful said:
Greetings,

Thank you to all who answered my question. I appreciate your time and
responses.
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Nobody mentioned its best feature - it treats all =my= posts as 'top
secret, die before reading'. 8>.
 
I can see your posts in the web interface as long as I am
using Netscape or Mozilla. I could never understand why
everyone complained about the web interface because I never
had any of the problems people complained about. For me it
is much nicer and simpler than OE. Then one day I opened
IE and tried to use the Web interface. YUCK! Now I see what
the complaints are about.
 
from the said:
Three Minds,

I am out of the "loop"!!!

What does this comment mean?

Just Curious and would like to know.
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Just fire up the CDO interface, open this thread, and try to read my
message. 8>.
 
from the wonderful said:
I can see your posts in the web interface as long as I am
using Netscape or Mozilla. I could never understand why
everyone complained about the web interface because I never
had any of the problems people complained about. For me it
is much nicer and simpler than OE. Then one day I opened
IE and tried to use the Web interface. YUCK! Now I see what
the complaints are about.
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Thanks for that .. that's very interesting, it means that the problem
isn't the web interface itself, but the IE implementation of whatever
pages it tries to send the browser to. Weird .. fancy MS coming up with
a web pages that only work with someone else's browser. 8>.
 
Maurice N said:
Funny thing: Last weekend, there was a post where the person had a
problem, then stated "such & so has *joined* us" !! They were
thinking it was a chat room :))
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It's not????? Damn. And, here I was thinkikng all of you were just
extremely slow typers! :)

David
 
from the said:
Three Minds,

I opened Internet Explore and went to

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?NewsGroup=microsoft
.public.windowsxp.general&SLCID=US&ICP=GSS3&sd=GN&id=fh;en-us;newsgroups

and I found your message unavailable. Is this what you are referring to?

On the same thread in this post I did see your first post.
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Strange, usually =none= of them show up. IE goes to a page (based on the
message ID) which is the right page (i.e. the message ID matches the one
I used, and the one on MSNEWS server) but 'can't find' the message.
No other newsreader on the planet manages to reproduce this.
 
Three Minds in a Can,

This is strange behavior. I am not sure I understand how message IDs work. I
usually read my mail and news through Outlook and I have had no problem
following your comments in the various posts that I read.

I would miss them is I could not find them.

Lee
 
<LOL> Yeah, buddy me too! I made mine elsewhere. :o)

--
All the Best,
Kelly


Jim Byrd said:
Hi Kelly - With great restraint I've kept myself (almost !) from posting
to this thread! :)

--
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
Please respond in original thread in Newsgroup.




In %[email protected], Kelly typed:
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from the said:
Three Minds in a Can,

This is strange behavior. I am not sure I understand how message IDs work. I
usually read my mail and news through Outlook and I have had no problem
following your comments in the various posts that I read.
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A message ID is just a (hopefully unique) random string generated by the
newsreader when it creates a new message .. you cans see it in the
header, if you ask OE to display all headers. Different newsreaders
generate them different ways, mine tacks some random characters on to
the from of my alleged domain .. since some spambots were collecting
messageIDs and sending me spam (based on my domain name) I've since
fixed the domain to be munged ('from.is.invalid').

The Message ID is also used in the 'references' line to string posts
into threads. The CDO reader goes to a 'web page' where the page name is
based on that message ID .. however with my posts, despite having the
right message ID, it doesn't seem to get to the page (maybe whatever
'builds' the page for IE6 to go to is failing to build it right). No
obvious reason, or I'd have changed it .. I've nothing against CDO
users.
I would miss them is I could not find them.
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Thanks. 8>.
 
GSV said:
Different newsreaders
generate them different ways, mine tacks some random characters on to
the from of my alleged domain .. since some spambots were collecting
messageIDs and sending me spam (based on my domain name) I've since
fixed the domain to be munged ('from.is.invalid').
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That gives me a thought. The page may be looking at that, and getting
confused by your [127.0.0.1] (local machine).

My approach is to use a sensible looking address, but one that will
bounce as soon at it hits the main DNS servers for .com resolution - ie
@ntlworld.delete.com
which any one who *wants* to can decode, but sparrows don't.
 
Alex Nichol said:
GSV said:
Different newsreaders
generate them different ways, mine tacks some random characters on to
the from of my alleged domain .. since some spambots were collecting
messageIDs and sending me spam (based on my domain name) I've since
fixed the domain to be munged ('from.is.invalid').
Click to expand...

That gives me a thought. The page may be looking at that, and getting
confused by your [127.0.0.1] (local machine).

My approach is to use a sensible looking address, but one that will
bounce as soon at it hits the main DNS servers for .com resolution - ie
@ntlworld.delete.com
which any one who *wants* to can decode, but sparrows don't.
Click to expand...

I tried a different one, to no effect, way back about 7 months ago, so
it isn't anything that simple I fear. I'm trying it again in this
message .. does it show on CDO anyone? (With IE6 .. no fair using
another web browser!).
 
I am in IE right now and I can see all your posts in this
thread except one. That one says message unavailable.
Wierd.
-----Original Message-----
In message <[email protected]>, Alex Nichol
GSV said:
Different newsreaders
generate them different ways, mine tacks some random characters on to
the from of my alleged domain .. since some spambots were collecting
messageIDs and sending me spam (based on my domain name) I've since
fixed the domain to be munged ('from.is.invalid').
Click to expand...

That gives me a thought. The page may be looking at that, and getting
confused by your [127.0.0.1] (local machine).

My approach is to use a sensible looking address, but one that will
bounce as soon at it hits the main DNS servers for .com resolution - ie
@ntlworld.delete.com
which any one who *wants* to can decode, but sparrows
Click to expand...
don't.

I tried a different one, to no effect, way back about 7 months ago, so
it isn't anything that simple I fear. I'm trying it again in this
message .. does it show on CDO anyone? (With IE6 .. no fair using
another web browser!).
Click to expand...
 
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