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From: Roy Smith on 30 Jun 2010 07:54 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message news:#HYzXMCGLHA.6120(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Also see https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx SC Tom wrote: > Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers and > Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, at > least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. > My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP servers > automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, then > minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate bridges, it > really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, I know, it > doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go through the > ritual You might want to give this NNTP bridge a try at: http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ This one seems to work better than the one offered by Microsoft, plus you only need just one program running for all of the forums vs. two. -- Roy Smith Windows 7 Professional
From: Bruce Hagen on 30 Jun 2010 08:10 "Roy Smith" <rasmith1959(a)live.com> wrote in message news:NfGWn.265552$vX7.24741(a)en-nntp-11.dc1.easynews.com... > > You might want to give this NNTP bridge a try at: > > http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ > > This one seems to work better than the one offered by Microsoft, plus > you only need just one program running for all of the forums vs. two. > > -- > > Roy Smith > Windows 7 Professional > [echo]
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 30 Jun 2010 12:21 > The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have > permission > to view it. The latter: You've gotta Register first. cf. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/help#406 SC Tom wrote: > That link gets me (after I log in): > > "Page Not Found > > The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have > permission > to view it. > > If you believe you have reached this page in error, click the Help link at > the top of the page to report the issue and include this ID in your > e-mail: > 3746c02c-3d0c-4e56-a34f-48cd3a4dabf9 > > Microsoft Connect welcome page" > > Not much of a welcome ;-) I had searched Connect before I posted my > question, and didn't come up with a solution I was looking for. The > Community bridge seems to work fine, other than I have to manually exit it > before shutting down or I get an "in use" error. > >> >> Also see https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx >> >> SC Tom wrote: >>> Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers and >>> Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, >>> at >>> least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. >>> My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP >>> servers >>> automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, then >>> minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate bridges, >>> it >>> really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, I know, it >>> doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go through the >>> ritual >>> every day. >>> TIA! >> > > That link gets me (after I log in): > > "Page Not Found > > The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have > permission > to view it. > > If you believe you have reached this page in error, click the Help link at > the top of the page to report the issue and include this ID in your > e-mail: > 3746c02c-3d0c-4e56-a34f-48cd3a4dabf9 > > Microsoft Connect welcome page" > > Not much of a welcome ;-) I had searched Connect before I posted my > question, and didn't come up with a solution I was looking for. The > Community bridge seems to work fine, other than I have to manually exit it > before shutting down or I get an "in use" error.
From: SC Tom on 30 Jun 2010 16:14 Been registered for years, and it shows me as being logged in. -- SC Tom "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ecJIODHGLHA.3732(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have >> permission >> to view it. > > The latter: You've gotta Register first. > > cf. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/help#406 > > > SC Tom wrote: >> That link gets me (after I log in): >> >> "Page Not Found >> >> The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have >> permission >> to view it. >> >> If you believe you have reached this page in error, click the Help link >> at >> the top of the page to report the issue and include this ID in your >> e-mail: >> 3746c02c-3d0c-4e56-a34f-48cd3a4dabf9 >> >> Microsoft Connect welcome page" >> >> Not much of a welcome ;-) I had searched Connect before I posted my >> question, and didn't come up with a solution I was looking for. The >> Community bridge seems to work fine, other than I have to manually exit >> it >> before shutting down or I get an "in use" error. >> >>> >>> Also see https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx >>> >>> SC Tom wrote: >>>> Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers >>>> and >>>> Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs well, >>>> at >>>> least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. >>>> My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP >>>> servers >>>> automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, then >>>> minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate bridges, >>>> it >>>> really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I know, I know, it >>>> doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to go through the >>>> ritual >>>> every day. >>>> TIA! >>> >> >> That link gets me (after I log in): >> >> "Page Not Found >> >> The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have >> permission >> to view it. >> >> If you believe you have reached this page in error, click the Help link >> at >> the top of the page to report the issue and include this ID in your >> e-mail: >> 3746c02c-3d0c-4e56-a34f-48cd3a4dabf9 >> >> Microsoft Connect welcome page" >> >> Not much of a welcome ;-) I had searched Connect before I posted my >> question, and didn't come up with a solution I was looking for. The >> Community bridge seems to work fine, other than I have to manually exit >> it >> before shutting down or I get an "in use" error. >
From: SC Tom on 1 Jul 2010 12:53
"Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:i0e9ln$esk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message > news:2QxWn.6627$0A5.1112(a)newsfe22.iad... >> >> "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:i0e6dq$llq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>> "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message >>> news:nWwWn.3258$KT3.1513(a)newsfe13.iad... >>>> Since these newsgroups are going away, I thought I'd try the Answers >>>> and Forum bridges for use in OE6. I've got it all set up, and it runs >>>> well, at least as fast as my ISP's and Microsoft's newsgroups. >>>> My question is, is there any way to start up and log into the NNTP >>>> servers automatically, without having to go through the Start, Sign-in, >>>> then minimize it to the notification area? Since they are separate >>>> bridges, it really is somewhat of a PITA to go through each day. I >>>> know, I know, it doesn't take much time, but it IS annoying to have to >>>> go through the ritual every day. >>>> TIA! >>>> -- >>>> SC Tom >>>> >>> >>> >>> This bridge is all inclusive and quicker to sign into. Click the icon. >>> Click the sign-in button. All done. Minimizes by itself. >>> >>> Communities Forums NNTP Bridge >>> http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/ >>> -- >>> Bruce Hagen >>> MS-MVP [Mail] >>> Imperial Beach, CA >>> >> >> Thanks to both the Bruce's :-) I installed it and it seems to work just >> fine. The only change (so far) that I had to make was to make the port >> for the Answers forum 119 instead of 120 (the separate bridges required >> 119 and 120). >> Thanks again! >> -- >> SC Tom >> > > > You're welcome. > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > One annoyance that I have with it is that it has no idea if I've ever posted or replied to a post. It'll find me if I post, but not any previous ones. I post from two different machines with different OS's and news clients and it can't "see" the posts from each other. I might have to reinstall the Answers bridge just to test that out, but I don't recall that I had this problem with it. -- SC Tom |