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Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?

It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?

John

rcfrgf wrote:

>
> Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:%23I8WvMsYJHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
> complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?
>
> John
>
> rcfrgf wrote:
>
> >
> > Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?


LOL


The best place to post a complaint is on a 'sticky note'

just write down the complaint and stick it on your computer tower!

Is there a place I could read the rules; do and don'ts I do not want to
offend anyone.

Sammy Castagna

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:%23I8WvMsYJHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
> complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?
>
> John
>
> rcfrgf wrote:
>
>> Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?

On 20 Dec 2008, "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
> complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?

No, it's not. This group is hosted and sponsored by Microsoft. It just
happens to be echoed to Usenet, but it's not is not a Usenet group per
se. And the primary user interface is their Forums web site at
<http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx>, is it
not? I could consider that a "forum".

Sammy Castagna wrote:
> Is there a place I could read the rules; do and don'ts I do not want to
> offend anyone.
>
> Sammy Castagna

Don't worry about it. Post whatever you want to post. I know I do ;-)

Alias
>
> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23I8WvMsYJHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
>> complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?
>>
>> John
>>
>> rcfrgf wrote:
>>
>>> Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?
>
>

Nil wrote:
> On 20 Dec 2008, "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>> It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
>> complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?
>
> No, it's not.

Yes, it is.

> This group is hosted and sponsored by Microsoft.

On Usenet.

> It just
> happens to be echoed to Usenet,

Other way round, I'm afraid.

> but it's not is not a Usenet group per
> se.

Yes, it is.

> And the primary user interface is their Forums web site at
> <http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx>, is it
> not? I could consider that a "forum".

It's Usenet, pure and simple. The "forum" web site is a joke at best.

Alias

Are you referring to your "data recovery" SPAM posts being deleted from the
server?

http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...WRJA&scoring=d

PS: You're posting in a newsgroup, not a forum. This is an MS forum:
http://answers.microsoft.com/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

rcfrgf wrote:
> Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?

See http://www.microsoft.com/communities...t/default.mspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Sammy Castagna wrote:
> Is there a place I could read the rules; do and don'ts I do not want to
> offend anyone.

Use common sense and be polite.
"Sammy Castagna" <microsoft$triad,rr.com> wrote in message
news:uNwZXlsYJHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Is there a place I could read the rules; do and don'ts I do not want to
> offend anyone.
>
> Sammy Castagna
>
> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23I8WvMsYJHA.5108@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
>> complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?
>>
>> John
>>
>> rcfrgf wrote:
>>
>>> Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?
>
>

In article <Xns9B7A802547529nilch1@85.214.105.209>,
rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net says...
> On 20 Dec 2008, "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
> > It's not a Forum it's a Usenet group. And what exactly might your
> > complaint be? That your spam posts are being removed?
>
> No, it's not. This group is hosted and sponsored by Microsoft. It just
> happens to be echoed to Usenet, but it's not is not a Usenet group per
> se. And the primary user interface is their Forums web site at
> <http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx>, is it
> not? I could consider that a "forum".

Wrong, this IS and has been a Usenet group. Just because MS pollutes
most things with their twisted definitions does not make it what MS
wants it to be.

If MS were to stop existing on Monday, this group would continue to
replicate around the world - it IS Usenet.

--
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

On 20 Dec 2008, Leythos <spam999free@rrohio.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> Wrong, this IS and has been a Usenet group. Just because MS
> pollutes most things with their twisted definitions does not make
> it what MS wants it to be.

MS does do that elsewhere, but hosting a newsgroup on their own server,
accessible via nntp, is NOT a "twisted definition". Lots of companies
have done it for decades, though fewer now than used to. Web forums is
the popular way now.

> If MS were to stop existing on Monday, this group would continue
> to replicate around the world - it IS Usenet.

Let us test that theory...

Nil wrote:

> On 20 Dec 2008, Leythos <spam999free@rrohio.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>
>>Wrong, this IS and has been a Usenet group. Just because MS
>>pollutes most things with their twisted definitions does not make
>>it what MS wants it to be.
>
>
> MS does do that elsewhere, but hosting a newsgroup on their own server,
> accessible via nntp, is NOT a "twisted definition". Lots of companies
> have done it for decades, though fewer now than used to. Web forums is
> the popular way now.

Microsoft Newsgroups: Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...sgroupfaq.mspx

Whichever way you want to cut it, or however you want to interpret
things, these Microsoft groups that we are posting to are public Usenet
groups, they always were, and they always will be. Once created, Usenet
groups are like gossip and the (proverbial) feathers in the pillow. If
you let the feathers out during a windstorm you will never be able to
gather them back to stuff them back into the pillow!

While some users like "Web forums", I and many others, think that the
"Web forums" are just the most atrociously agonizing way of accessing
these groups! I think that if you look at the headers you will soon
realize that "Web forum" users are actually by a large margin in the
minority, it isn't the "popular way now".

John

In article <Xns9B7A9917D9E33nilch1@85.214.105.209>,
rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net says...
> On 20 Dec 2008, Leythos <spam999free@rrohio.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
> > Wrong, this IS and has been a Usenet group. Just because MS
> > pollutes most things with their twisted definitions does not make
> > it what MS wants it to be.
>
> MS does do that elsewhere, but hosting a newsgroup on their own server,
> accessible via nntp, is NOT a "twisted definition". Lots of companies
> have done it for decades, though fewer now than used to. Web forums is
> the popular way now.

You seem to be misunderstanding. MS is hosting a USENET Server with MS
groups, they have a web-portal to it for people that don't understand
the internet.

> > If MS were to stop existing on Monday, this group would continue
> > to replicate around the world - it IS Usenet.
>
> Let us test that theory...

Sorry, but that's how Usenet works, they don't care about MS being alive
or not.


--
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)

"rcfrgf" <rcfrgf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>
> Where can I Post complaints/suggestions about the Forum?



Well, you could try here -

http://thelaforum.com/contact.html

But, I don't see the point. The Lakers aren't coming back...


Regards,

Len Agoado
agoado@msn.com