From: ordnance1 on
I have installed "The Bridge" since I use the newsgroup primarily to access
the Programming group. I did not see an Excel Programming group listed under
The Bridge so which group should one select Bridge to maintain that
connection to the programming gurus?



"Bernard Liengme" <bliengme(a)TRUENORTH.stfx.ca> wrote in message
news:BFC5E453-CBE6-4708-9E07-0FC2C10EB367(a)microsoft.com...
> David,
> Please reconsider. The Bridge works well and working directly in Answers
> in not that much of a chore.
> You will be sorely missed if you do not make the transition - I need
> someone to trap my odd silly mistake!
> best wishes
> Bernard
>
> "David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:Vqydnbnrg498lpnRnZ2dnUVZ7rSdnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>> I'm still hoping that a reasonable number of news servers will continue
>> to carry the newsgroups, and that therefore the groups will be able to
>> continue providing help to users. I'm not currently planning on shifting
>> to the MS forums, so to any who don't plan to stay here in the
>> newsgroups, thanks for all your help over the years.
>> --
>> David Biddulph
>>
>>
>> "Ron de Bruin" <rondebruin(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote in message
>> news:#zqhkQPALHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
>>> I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last
>>> years.
>>>
>>> Sharing knowledge is a great thing
>>>
>>> After tomorrow we must use the MS forums and I hope it will
>>> give me the same fun as I hade with the newsgroups.
>>>
>>> Maybe this page will help you if you start using the MS Forums and not
>>> like the web interface
>>> http://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm
>>>
>>> Thanks everybody for everything, see you in the MS Forums
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards Ron de Bruin
>>> http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
>>>
>>>
>>
From: JLGWhiz on
Ron, thanks for the link, although like some of the others, I am not so sure
I will be as active on that site as this one. This whole thing is probably
part of the tiff between MS and Google. I want to thank all of the
professionals and other sharpies who have assisted me from time to time and
I hope that I have helped others to learn VBA a little better. I am still
learning and might not live long enough to learn it all. Special thanks to
You, Chip Pearson, Tom Ogilvy, Jim Tomlinson, Bob Phillips, Gord Dibben and
a host of other contributors.



"Ron de Bruin" <rondebruin(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote in message
news:%23zqhkQPALHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi all
>
> Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
> I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years.
>
> Sharing knowledge is a great thing
>
> After tomorrow we must use the MS forums and I hope it will
> give me the same fun as I hade with the newsgroups.
>
> Maybe this page will help you if you start using the MS Forums and not
> like the web interface
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm
>
> Thanks everybody for everything, see you in the MS Forums
>
> --
>
> Regards Ron de Bruin
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
>
>


From: Roger Govier on
Yes, that is very true Ron - it is a sad day.
I am attempting to set up the bridge (following your useful article),
but still experiencing some difficulties.

The web based format, I detest, and if I cannot set up the bridge
successfully, then I guess I will be an even less frequent poster in
these NG's. My contributions have been severely restricted this past 12
months, as i have been caring for an elderly relative. She is now safely
installed in a nursing home, where she can receive the 24 hour care she
needs.

I was just looking forward to contributing more - and MS have pulled the
plug.

A very big thank you to all the people who have been so generous in the
help that they have given me over the past 13 years.
--
Regards
Roger Govier

Ron de Bruin wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
> I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years.
>
> Sharing knowledge is a great thing
>
> After tomorrow we must use the MS forums and I hope it will
> give me the same fun as I hade with the newsgroups.
>
> Maybe this page will help you if you start using the MS Forums and not
> like the web interface
> http://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm
>
> Thanks everybody for everything, see you in the MS Forums
>
From: winnie123 on
I would just like to add my thanks for all the help you guys have given me
over the last couple of years. You have been BRILLIANT

I will be sorry to see it close, I would like to hope that there will be
access to archives as searching this site also provided me with alot of
answers to.

Take care everyone

Winnie

"JLGWhiz" wrote:

> Ron, thanks for the link, although like some of the others, I am not so sure
> I will be as active on that site as this one. This whole thing is probably
> part of the tiff between MS and Google. I want to thank all of the
> professionals and other sharpies who have assisted me from time to time and
> I hope that I have helped others to learn VBA a little better. I am still
> learning and might not live long enough to learn it all. Special thanks to
> You, Chip Pearson, Tom Ogilvy, Jim Tomlinson, Bob Phillips, Gord Dibben and
> a host of other contributors.
>
>
>
> "Ron de Bruin" <rondebruin(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote in message
> news:%23zqhkQPALHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
> > I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years.
> >
> > Sharing knowledge is a great thing
> >
> > After tomorrow we must use the MS forums and I hope it will
> > give me the same fun as I hade with the newsgroups.
> >
> > Maybe this page will help you if you start using the MS Forums and not
> > like the web interface
> > http://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm
> >
> > Thanks everybody for everything, see you in the MS Forums
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards Ron de Bruin
> > http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
> >
> >
>
>
> .
>
From: Harlan Grove on
"Ron de Bruin" <rondebr...(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote...
>Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
>I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years.
....

This represents a thorough lack of understanding of how USENET/NNTP
newsgroups work. Microsoft's own msnews.microsoft.com servers may no
longer exist, so the microsoft.* newsgroups would no longer be found
there, but the microsoft.* newsgroups have been around so long that
most of the larger ISPs carry them. As long as other ISPs carry them,
they continue to exist. Microsoft killed off
microsoft.public.excel.worksheetfunctions (note only 3 periods) in
favor of microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions (note 4 periods)
years ago, but the former continues to have traffic, though much
reduced from when Microsoft servers hosted it.

These newsgroups will continue to exist, and they may effectively
become Google-hosted, but they won't disappear any time soon.