I had about tensubjects now only two

[bm]

I have been informed that 8 of the subjects I regularly used are no longer
available and I am left with 2
This one and Windows XP security
What has happened to the others?
Blair

 

[Bruce Hagen]

"bm" <Darroch@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have been informed that 8 of the subjects I regularly used are no
>longer available and I am left with 2
> This one and Windows XP security
> What has happened to the others?
> Blair
>


Subjects meaning newsgroups? They're being terminated on MS servers.

Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx

You can still access the groups on some non-MS servers such as Eternal
September, but how long the quality of questions and replies lasts is
unknown.

Eternal September
http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html

The replacement forums.

Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA

 

[bm]

"Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "bm" <Darroch@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:%23sxVynBILHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have been informed that 8 of the subjects I regularly used are no longer
>>available and I am left with 2
>> This one and Windows XP security
>> What has happened to the others?
>> Blair
>>
>
>
> Subjects meaning newsgroups? They're being terminated on MS servers.
>
> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx
>
> You can still access the groups on some non-MS servers such as Eternal
> September, but how long the quality of questions and replies lasts is
> unknown.
>
> Eternal September
> http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
>
> The replacement forums.
>
> Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA

Many tthanks for the information
Blair
>

 

[W****n S.]

"Bruce Hagen" <BRH@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:i19tns$c1d$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "bm" <Darroch@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:%23sxVynBILHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have been informed that 8 of the subjects I regularly used are no longer
>>available and I am left with 2
>> This one and Windows XP security
>> What has happened to the others?
>> Blair
>>
>
>
> Subjects meaning newsgroups? They're being terminated on MS servers.
>
> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
>
> Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx
>
> You can still access the groups on some non-MS servers such as Eternal
> September, but how long the quality of questions and replies lasts is
> unknown.
>
> Eternal September
> http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html
>
> The replacement forums.
>
> Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>

Yea, have fun scrolling thru 2000 different subjects on a web based forum
also.

Not good.

 

[Bob I]

W****n S. wrote:


>
>
> Yea, have fun scrolling thru 2000 different subjects on a web based forum
> also.
>
> Not good.
>
>

Tried using the "Search Forums:" box?

 

[Nick L. Odeon]

MS is in the process of shutting down all the NNTP newsgroups. Do a little
searching in this one to find out more.

"bm" <Darroch@aol.com> wrote in message
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:I have been informed that 8 of the subjects I regularly used are no longer
: available and I am left with 2
: This one and Windows XP security
: What has happened to the others?
: Blair
:
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