Re: responses



Grampy Pete wrote:

When I enter this forum is it true that I need to disable popup
blockers to post a question?
Also, When I get a response(using hotmail), I click on the hyperlink
and am brought to this forum -in general- not to the specific answer
as with other forums. Is this b/c popups must be disabled again or is
there another explanation?
I'm curious if other users find this disabling to be a problem-I use
several forums and they only require user name and password. What is
the reason for this extra step?
Thank you.

You are having difficulty because you are using the dreadful web
interface. It is very easy to use a newsreader. Here is information
about this:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

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

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
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