Re: SUS Question: How do you sign up to get alerts when a new SUS upda

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 12:27:55 +0100

Zeb Mullen [MSFT] wrote:

> How can I be notified when new updates become available?
>
> A. The SUS e-mail notification service keeps you informed of the
> latest critical updates as soon as they are available. These optional e-mail
> alerts are for informational purposes only and are not required to run SUS.
>
> The above link should get you what you are looking for.
Hi

I think you forgot to put in the link:

Microsoft Software Update Services: Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/susfaq.mspx

And for the original poster:

Fyi, there is a separate newsgroup for SUS:

microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

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

URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/

More SUS Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm 

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