Re: Newsgroups

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From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:01:26 -0800

I'm not sure where the problem exists. All MS newsgroups should start
as:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.

With the specific site following. 

-- 
     Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
        ~IB-CA~
"disptchr" <disptchr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:20977615-EE58-4540-A3A2-0AB64A236EA1@microsoft.com...
> Thank you, one more question, when I received the newgroups they were 
> all in
> abbreviated form i.e.
> microsoft.public.acce
> microsoft.public.wind
>
> Is there a way to make the full name of the newgroup available?
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> For MS newsgroups:
>>
>> Set up a newsgroup in OE.
>>
>> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources.htm#setupmsnews
>> Or:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2fdirectory%2fworldwide%2fen-gb%2fnewsout.asp
>>
>> It is highly recommended that you enter a fictitious e-mail address 
>> when
>> setting up an account to avoid receiving Spam or worse.  Ex.
>> Joe@nospam.invalid. Your real address is not needed to post to a
>> newsgroup.
>>
>>     Bruce Hagen
>> MS MVP - (IE/OE)
>>         ~IB-CA~
>>
>> "disptchr" <disptchr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F17D37BA-A9E1-48AA-BAEB-21190EA0E921@microsoft.com...
>> > Had several newgroups in my outlook express.
>> > i.e.
>> > WinXP General, IE6 & Microsoft hardware.
>> >
>> > My hard drive died and had to get a new one and can't figure out 
>> > how
>> > to get
>> > back into the newsgroups.  (add them back)
>>
>>
>>

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