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From: Hot-Text on 2 Jul 2010 21:58 Isn't there a Usenet administration that decides what groups exist ? NO not one at all! "Steven Saunderson" <phelum(a)Syd.au> wrote in message news:rr0e06pvn4tq6t14u0a36orgl51agtr9pl(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:00:23 -0400, 98 Guy <98(a)Guy.com> wrote: > >> So because Microsoft has begun the process of shutting down it's usenet >> server, these people are flailing around, trying to figure out what to >> do or how to deal with this. > > Will the Microsoft newsgroups actually disappear ? Isn't there a Usenet > administration that decides what groups exist ? Whether individual > servers support them or not is another matter. The possible difference > with MS groups is that the name starts with Microsoft so if they demand > the groups disappear then perhaps the administration will comply. > > Cheers, > -- > Steven
From: Hot-Text on 2 Jul 2010 22:01 microsoft.public.win98.fat32 is not on AIOE go more! " Sunny" <wombathouse(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:8EINn.833$Ls1.108(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "98 Guy" <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in message news:4C07295B.D635E13F(a)Guy.com... >> Steven Saunderson wrote: >> >>> Will the Microsoft newsgroups actually disappear ? >> >> Last November or December, Microsoft performed a major "cleaning" and >> removed over 500 newsgroups on it's server. Many of them were >> non-english-language groups, many of them for obscure microsoft >> products, and many had little to no traffic for some time. Some >> examples contrary to that were: >> >> - microsoft.public.win98.display.multi-monitor >> - microsoft.public.win98.fat32 >> >> So Julien did infact issue the appropriate control messages to remove >> those 500+ groups from usenet, and those server operators that choose to >> honor those control messages (one way or another) did infact remove >> those groups from their server. This is basically an automatic process >> for most of them - it's not like they were aware of this situation. >> >> In the above two examples, the usenet server I'm using to post this >> message (aioe.org) followed the ISC list and removed those two groups >> from it's server. > > Not true actually :- > I saw your test post from 2009 and checked microsoft.public.win98.fat32, > and > > while it is not on the Microsoft, eternal and aioe servers it is still > available on > bigpond > Telstra > freenews.netfront > My replies to your 11 Dec 2009 "testing" were accepted on all servers (3 > Jun 2010) >
From: Steven Saunderson on 3 Jul 2010 19:09 On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:58:02 -0500, "Hot-Text" <hot-text(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Isn't there a Usenet > administration that decides what groups exist ? > NO not one at all! I think there is. I don't know how much influence MS has and whether they've requested that the groups be closed but since no-one has posted recently to the few groups I monitor then it really doesn't matter. Why don't you try posting a message to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general and see what happens. If you can't then I could try and we can see the difference. -- Steven
From: Sjouke Burry on 3 Jul 2010 19:55 Steven Saunderson wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:58:02 -0500, "Hot-Text" <hot-text(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> Isn't there a Usenet >> administration that decides what groups exist ? >> NO not one at all! > > I think there is. I don't know how much influence MS has and whether > they've requested that the groups be closed but since no-one has posted > recently to the few groups I monitor then it really doesn't matter. > > Why don't you try posting a message to > microsoft.public.win98.disks.general and see what happens. If you can't > then I could try and we can see the difference. > I just subscribed, and posted a message the last message there was 6/1/2010
From: Sjouke Burry on 3 Jul 2010 20:22
Sjouke Burry wrote: > Steven Saunderson wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 20:58:02 -0500, "Hot-Text" <hot-text(a)hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Isn't there a Usenet >>> administration that decides what groups exist ? >>> NO not one at all! >> I think there is. I don't know how much influence MS has and whether >> they've requested that the groups be closed but since no-one has posted >> recently to the few groups I monitor then it really doesn't matter. >> >> Why don't you try posting a message to >> microsoft.public.win98.disks.general and see what happens. If you can't >> then I could try and we can see the difference. >> > I just subscribed, and posted a message > the last message there was 6/1/2010 And I found the test message there. |