FYI there's no indication on this site that if you try to access it from
Firefox that half of the functions won't work.

For instance, I spent ages hunting around this site trying to work out how
to post a message only to find that the only way to do so is to open the site
in IE.

Dissapointing, though not too surprising.

That'll teach me. I was thinking that this was an MS discussion board and
not realizing that this was a usenet gateway. I should have said here that
the problems come if you access this newsgroup via the
windowshelp.microsoft.com communities portal.

"Guy" wrote:
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> FYI there's no indication on this site that if you try to access it from
> Firefox that half of the functions won't work.
>
> For instance, I spent ages hunting around this site trying to work out how
> to post a message only to find that the only way to do so is to open the site
> in IE.
>
> Dissapointing, though not too surprising.
>[/color]

I have the same problem in XP. I cant post a new message, but I can reply to
one.
Any thoughts? Monty
"Guy" wrote:
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> FYI there's no indication on this site that if you try to access it from
> Firefox that half of the functions won't work.
>
> For instance, I spent ages hunting around this site trying to work out how
> to post a message only to find that the only way to do so is to open the site
> in IE.
>
> Dissapointing, though not too surprising.
>[/color]

Guy wrote:[color=blue]
> FYI there's no indication on this site that if you try to access it from
> Firefox that half of the functions won't work.
>
> For instance, I spent ages hunting around this site trying to work out how
> to post a message only to find that the only way to do so is to open the site
> in IE.
>
> Dissapointing, though not too surprising.
>[/color]

This isn't a "site" or a forum. It's a web interface to Usenet
newsgroups and it has never worked well. Do yourself a favor and access
the newsgroups with a real newsreader instead. It is very easy to set
up. I don't have instructions for Windows Mail but the OE ones should be
close. Here is my standard information:

About Usenet:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet[/url]
[url]http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html[/url] - Basics
of Usenet
[url]http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet[/url] - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
[url]http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm[/url]
[url]http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm[/url]
Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx[/url]

Other Newsreaders for Windows (I haven't checked the list for
Vista-compatibility but Thunderbird does mail and news and works with
Vista):
[url]http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php[/url] - for Forte
[url]http://www.mozilla.org[/url]
[url]http://gravity.tbates.org/[/url]
[url]http://www.40tude.com/dialog/[/url]
[url]http://xnews.newsguy.com/[/url]

How to Post:
[url]http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html[/url]
[url]http://aumha.org/nntp.htm[/url] - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
[url]http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm[/url] - how to munge email address
[url]http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm[/url] - multiposting vs. crossposting


HTH,


Malke
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