Re: OT: Newsgroup Problem

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From: mcp6453 (mcp6453_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/10/04


Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:03:42 -0400

CS wrote:
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:01:23 -0400, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> >For some reason, in this newsgroup and in most of the other newsgroups
> >on the microsoft.public server to which I subscribe, I have messages
> >where the poster's name is "=?Utf-8?B?dGFzc2llcm92ZXI=?=". Has anyone
> >else had this problem? I have tried subscribing and unsubscribing and
> >have even tried a new news reader. My OS is Win2K.
>
> Try switching your News Reader from Mozilla to Outlook Express and see
> if the same problem occurs. Other than that, I suppose it could be a
> problem with your ISP. Do you subscribe directly to
> msnews.microsoft.com or are you going through your ISP's news server?

Directly to msnew.microsoft.com.



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