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From: Carl_B on 27 May 2010 17:59 I understand that many, if not all of these Office newgroups may be disappearing forever on June 1. I have posted to many of the groups and lurked on almost all of them. The services provided by the MVP's has been outstanding, to say the least. If a new home to post questions and get answers from this extremely knowledgable group is not provided, MS will taken from all of us. And that goes for the other Office applications, as well. In any event, thank you MVP's for the invaluable service you have provided. And that thanks comes from 5 other of my co-workers who post and study here as well.
From: Klaus Linke on 27 May 2010 18:11 > If my comments have helped please hit Yes. > > Thanks. No disrespect, but that sort of stuff is the main reason I likely won't visit the answer forums. I liked peer-to-peer help and the community, but don't care being a rated answering machine and unpaid service provider. Bye all, :-/ Klaus
From: Graham Mayor on 28 May 2010 01:36 Currently Microsoft links its NNTP server msnews.microsoft.com to the discussions forum. For reasons that are not entirely clear, as they make no sense at all, Microsoft has decided to break that link, (probably) shut down its NNTP server and direct its users to the Answers forum for help. Then as MVPs would no more use the Answers forum than pull their nails with pliers - because of its childish scoring systems and an interface that is like wading through treacle, they have bowed to pressure and produced a bridge software that allows MVPs and others to continue accessing the help forums via their newsreaders. This in effect aims to produce the system that worked and will be scrapped, with a system that is cumbersome to use by virtue of the fact that there will be only a few forums for each product with all the questions lumped together. It's a classic example of corporate foot shooting, by instigated by people who don't have to use the system. If Microsoft does, as seems likely, close its server, the newsgroups it hosts will not simply disappear overniight as the newsgroups are peered to a whole raft of third party news servers, so if you come here for your Word help, you will still be able to do so by pointing your newsreading software to another server that carries the groups. If your ISP does not provide a news feed, then you will need to search for a free text based news server. There are still a few of those around. See http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm There may not be as much traffic, but there will be enthusiasts around to help. Or you can download the bridge and contribute to the Answers forums. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "Carl_B" <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:687A5815-70BB-4E55-A4DB-5F58FC54FCCD(a)microsoft.com... >I understand that many, if not all of these Office newgroups may be > disappearing forever on June 1. I have posted to many of the groups and > lurked on almost all of them. The services provided by the MVP's has > been > outstanding, to say the least. > If a new home to post questions and get answers from this extremely > knowledgable group is not provided, MS will taken from all of us. > And that goes for the other Office applications, as well. > > In any event, thank you MVP's for the invaluable service you have > provided. > And that thanks comes from 5 other of my co-workers who post and study > here > as well.
From: Dave Symes on 28 May 2010 01:59 In article <687A5815-70BB-4E55-A4DB-5F58FC54FCCD(a)microsoft.com>, Carl_B <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I understand that many, if not all of these Office newgroups may be > disappearing forever on June 1. I have posted to many of the groups and > lurked on almost all of them. The services provided by the MVP's has > been outstanding, to say the least. If a new home to post questions and > get answers from this extremely knowledgable group is not provided, MS > will taken from all of us. And that goes for the other Office > applications, as well. > In any event, thank you MVP's for the invaluable service you have > provided. And that thanks comes from 5 other of my co-workers who post > and study here as well. Indeedy and I'd like to echo that sentiment. If this NG etc does eventually vanish from news.eternal-september.org I shall not be going forum, so thanks for the mass of information and advice given over past times, much appreciated. Dave and his SWMBO, who used Word a lot more than I do. -- Dave Triffid
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 28 May 2010 02:44
There's a bridge available at http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/releases/view/45981 that allows you to access the forums via an NNTP newsreader. Accessing the forums in that manner is the equivalent of these newsgroups (except for the damned point mongerers). -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Dave Symes" <dave(a)triffid.co.uk> wrote in message news:511e59495ddave(a)triffid.co.uk... > In article <687A5815-70BB-4E55-A4DB-5F58FC54FCCD(a)microsoft.com>, > Carl_B <CarlB(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> I understand that many, if not all of these Office newgroups may be >> disappearing forever on June 1. I have posted to many of the groups and >> lurked on almost all of them. The services provided by the MVP's has >> been outstanding, to say the least. If a new home to post questions and >> get answers from this extremely knowledgable group is not provided, MS >> will taken from all of us. And that goes for the other Office >> applications, as well. > >> In any event, thank you MVP's for the invaluable service you have >> provided. And that thanks comes from 5 other of my co-workers who post >> and study here as well. > > Indeedy and I'd like to echo that sentiment. > > If this NG etc does eventually vanish from news.eternal-september.org I > shall not be going forum, so thanks for the mass of information and advice > given over past times, much appreciated. > > Dave and his SWMBO, who used Word a lot more than I do. > > -- > > Dave Triffid |