Dear Chums,

OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?

Alex McF

"Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Dear Chums,
>
> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>
> Alex McF[/color]

In the Ubuntu forums

Alias

There are a bunch of online forums but no public english newsgroup on the
msnews.microsoft.com newsgroup server. I'm hoping they get a Windows 7
newsgroup up soon too.

Saucy


"Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Dear Chums,
>
> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>
> Alex McF[/color]

"Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Dear Chums,
>
> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>
> Alex McF[/color]

There are no official NNTP forums for Windows 7 but there is a forum here..

[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories[/url]

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]

Please visit the new Windows 7 Answers Forum:
[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7[/url]

Alex McFarlane wrote:[color=blue]
> Dear Chums,
>
> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>
> Alex McF[/color]

Well they should get a move on. AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing Windows 7
they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then what when they go
to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a question?

Saucy


"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OWl8kz0UKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Dear Chums,
>>
>> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>>
>> Alex McF[/color]
>
> There are no official NNTP forums for Windows 7 but there is a forum
> here..
>
> [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories[/url]
>
> --
>
> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url][/color]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:26:52 -0400, "Saucy"
<saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Well they should get a move on.[/color]


You're saying that as if the question is *when* it will happen.
Unfortunately, the real question is *whether*, and as time passes, it
looks more and more like it will never happen.

[color=blue]
> AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
> Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing Windows 7
> they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then what when they go
> to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a question?
>
> Saucy
>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OWl8kz0UKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> >
> > "Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> >> Dear Chums,
> >>
> >> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
> >>
> >> Alex McF[/color]
> >
> > There are no official NNTP forums for Windows 7 but there is a forum
> > here..
> >
> > [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories[/url]
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> > [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url][/color][/color]

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

To go from plain text newsgrouping to kisses, and buzzes, avatars, bells,
medals, huge illustrated signatures, awards, pets, votes, popularity
thermometers, and so on .. seems a little undignified to me.

:0)

Saucy



"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:n5d1e5dku37v0fi7ogkr7t743vp94r0k0q@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:26:52 -0400, "Saucy"
> <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Well they should get a move on.[/color]
>
>
> You're saying that as if the question is *when* it will happen.
> Unfortunately, the real question is *whether*, and as time passes, it
> looks more and more like it will never happen.
>
>[color=green]
>> AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
>> Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing
>> Windows 7
>> they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then what when they
>> go
>> to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a question?
>>
>> Saucy
>>
>>
>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OWl8kz0UKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>> >
>> > "Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...
>> >> Dear Chums,
>> >>
>> >> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>> >>
>> >> Alex McF
>> >
>> > There are no official NNTP forums for Windows 7 but there is a forum
>> > here..
>> >
>> > [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories[/url]
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
>> > [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url][/color][/color]
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup[/color]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:56 -0400, "Saucy"
<saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
[color=blue]
> To go from plain text newsgrouping to kisses, and buzzes, avatars, bells,
> medals, huge illustrated signatures, awards, pets, votes, popularity
> thermometers, and so on .. seems a little undignified to me.[/color]


I'm perhaps not as concerned with how dignified it is as you are, but
I like newsgroups simply because I can participate in *much* less time
that I can on any web-based forum.


[color=blue]
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:n5d1e5dku37v0fi7ogkr7t743vp94r0k0q@4ax.com...[color=green]
> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:26:52 -0400, "Saucy"
> > <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> Well they should get a move on.[/color]
> >
> >
> > You're saying that as if the question is *when* it will happen.
> > Unfortunately, the real question is *whether*, and as time passes, it
> > looks more and more like it will never happen.
> >
> >[color=darkred]
> >> AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
> >> Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing
> >> Windows 7
> >> they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then what when they
> >> go
> >> to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a question?
> >>
> >> Saucy
> >>
> >>
> >> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
> >> news:OWl8kz0UKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> >
> >> > "Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> > news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...
> >> >> Dear Chums,
> >> >>
> >> >> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
> >> >>
> >> >> Alex McF
> >> >
> >> > There are no official NNTP forums for Windows 7 but there is a forum
> >> > here..
> >> >
> >> > [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories[/url]
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
> >> > [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url][/color]
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup[/color][/color]

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

'Windows Mail - Windows 7 Forums'
[url]http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5481-windows-mail.html[/url]
[url]http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx[/url]
[url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/threads[/url]
[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/GettingReadyforWindows7/threads[/url].
[url]http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro/[/url]
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Dear Chums,
>
> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>
> Alex McF[/color]

Alex McFarlane wrote:[color=blue]
> Dear Chums,
>
> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>
> Alex McF[/color]

You can't find one, as far as anyone knows. Microsoft isn't planning to
make one. It doesn't look good for the future of this newsserver if that
is the case.

Saucy wrote:[color=blue]
> There are a bunch of online forums but no public english newsgroup on
> the msnews.microsoft.com newsgroup server. I'm hoping they get a Windows
> 7 newsgroup up soon too.
>
> Saucy[/color]

With all the problems, they're going to need it!

Saucy wrote:[color=blue]
> Well they should get a move on. AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
> Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing
> Windows 7 they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then
> what when they go to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a
> question?
>
> Saucy
>[/color]


and it will probably come configured to use their real email address in
the header.
We are on the virge of a new era of spam!
and virus infections....
and malware infections...

Time to buy shares in Symantec.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in
news:slf1e5p16a97ddngvubutqfsf6p8mj1mgu@4ax.com:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:56 -0400, "Saucy"
> <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> To go from plain text newsgrouping to kisses, and buzzes, avatars,
>> bells, medals, huge illustrated signatures, awards, pets, votes,
>> popularity thermometers, and so on .. seems a little undignified to
>> me.[/color]
>
>
> I'm perhaps not as concerned with how dignified it is as you are, but
> I like newsgroups simply because I can participate in *much* less time
> that I can on any web-based forum.[/color]

And can views messages in a proper hierarchy, in which you can actually
tell who is replying to what and where. This is the single most annoying
thing about most web forums.

And filter(*some* news clients).

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:06 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:56 -0400, "Saucy"
> <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> To go from plain text newsgrouping to kisses, and buzzes, avatars, bells,
>> medals, huge illustrated signatures, awards, pets, votes, popularity
>> thermometers, and so on .. seems a little undignified to me.[/color]
>
>
> I'm perhaps not as concerned with how dignified it is as you are, but
> I like newsgroups simply because I can participate in *much* less time
> that I can on any web-based forum.[/color]

I dislike the navigation and the fact that threads aren't threaded (in most
forums I've used). But if I get 7, and there's no newsgroup by then, I'll
just have to suck it up.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:n5d1e5dku37v0fi7ogkr7t743vp94r0k0q@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:26:52 -0400, "Saucy"
>>> <saucylemon@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well they should get a move on.
>>>
>>>
>>> You're saying that as if the question is *when* it will happen.
>>> Unfortunately, the real question is *whether*, and as time passes, it
>>> looks more and more like it will never happen.
>>>
>>>
>>>> AFAICT, Windows Live Mail comes with a
>>>> Microsoft newsserver account preloaded. When they start installing
>>>> Windows 7
>>>> they will be downloading Windows Live Mail and .. and then what when they
>>>> go
>>>> to look up the Windows 7 newsgroup should they have a question?
>>>>
>>>> Saucy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:OWl8kz0UKHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> >
>>>> > "Alex McFarlane" <alex@hasland.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> > news:50644EE6-4E30-4C82-AF47-4D09BCD54080@microsoft.com...
>>>> >> Dear Chums,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> OK, I know this isn't a Win 7 ng; but where will I find one please?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Alex McF
>>>> >
>>>> > There are no official NNTP forums for Windows 7 but there is a forum
>>>> > here..
>>>> >
>>>> > [url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories[/url]
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> >
>>>> > Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
>>>> > [url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
>>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup[/color][/color][/color]


--
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