Is msnews.microsoft.com dead?
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From: Rhino on 23 Feb 2010 16:26 I come to this newsgroup periodically when I have an issue with Windows but that doesn't happen very often. I'm using Outlook Express on XP as my news reader and when I try to get a complete list of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com, this (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) is the ONLY newsgroup listed on the whole server. What's going on? Has Microsoft gone over to a web-based approach and abandoned usenet as I suspect? If they have, what is this one solitary newsgroup still doing in existence? Surely it can't be worth the bother to keep the new server alive for only one newsgroup, even if it is fairly heavily used like this one..... If this news server IS dead, where are we supposed to be going? -- Rhino
From: Bob I on 23 Feb 2010 16:36 Nah, something is wrong on your system as there are well over a hundred groups. http://aumha.org/nntp.htm Rhino wrote: > I come to this newsgroup periodically when I have an issue with Windows but > that doesn't happen very often. > > I'm using Outlook Express on XP as my news reader and when I try to get a > complete list of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com, this > (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) is the ONLY newsgroup listed on the > whole server. > > What's going on? Has Microsoft gone over to a web-based approach and > abandoned usenet as I suspect? If they have, what is this one solitary > newsgroup still doing in existence? Surely it can't be worth the bother to > keep the new server alive for only one newsgroup, even if it is fairly > heavily used like this one..... > > If this news server IS dead, where are we supposed to be going? > -- > Rhino > >
From: Bruce Hagen on 23 Feb 2010 17:05 "Rhino" <no.offline.contact.please(a)example.com> wrote in message news:u1xaW7MtKHA.4636(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I come to this newsgroup periodically when I have an issue with Windows >but that doesn't happen very often. > > I'm using Outlook Express on XP as my news reader and when I try to get > a complete list of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com, this > (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) is the ONLY newsgroup listed on the > whole server. > > What's going on? Has Microsoft gone over to a web-based approach and > abandoned usenet as I suspect? If they have, what is this one solitary > newsgroup still doing in existence? Surely it can't be worth the bother > to keep the new server alive for only one newsgroup, even if it is > fairly heavily used like this one..... > > If this news server IS dead, where are we supposed to be going? > -- > Rhino > More like 2,000+ Outlook Express General newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general OT. From your message headers: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 You are running a very old and less secure version of Outlook Express. You do not have even one critical update since SP2 was released in August, 2004. Do yourself a favor and visit Windows Updates ASAP. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA
From: David H. Lipman on 23 Feb 2010 17:13 From: "Rhino" <no.offline.contact.please(a)example.com> | I come to this newsgroup periodically when I have an issue with Windows but | that doesn't happen very often. | I'm using Outlook Express on XP as my news reader and when I try to get a | complete list of newsgroups on msnews.microsoft.com, this | (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) is the ONLY newsgroup listed on the | whole server. | What's going on? Has Microsoft gone over to a web-based approach and | abandoned usenet as I suspect? If they have, what is this one solitary | newsgroup still doing in existence? Surely it can't be worth the bother to | keep the new server alive for only one newsgroup, even if it is fairly | heavily used like this one..... | If this news server IS dead, where are we supposed to be going? | -- | Rhino No problems here ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: EN59CVH on 23 Feb 2010 17:39
Bruce Hagen wrote: > You are running a very old and less secure version of Outlook Express. > You do not have even one critical update since SP2 was released in > August, 2004. Do yourself a favor and visit Windows Updates ASAP. Hey Pig-Hagen, There are people (me included) who are not interested in M$ updates. Why are you concerned about this? I have not installed any updates since SP3 was released and I have no plans to do. I have come to the conclusion that people should not bother with updates because they are becoming gimmicky to have useless updates month after month that don't serve any useful purpose. hth |