Re: Microsoft should respond to all the suggestions

Oops, I have been using OL Express to access this and related forums. Much
better than the web access but still a little awkward. I didn't know there
were other better "readers. I took a look at newsreaders.com but got lost.
Can you recommend a good reader?
"Amedee Van Gasse" <nzrqrr.ina.tnffr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In <68B205EA-DBB4-48AD-BBBC-A1149F7E3736@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Shrikant told
> us an interesting story. My reply to this story is at the bottom of
> this message.
>
>> Thanks Graham. Are you from Microsoft ?
>> Does MS respond to the Suggestions ? I see an option 'Suggestions
>> with Microsoft Reply' in the scroll down button. What is it then ?
>> How to communicate my suggestion to MS directly ? Are they atleat
>> watching this site and know about what's going on here ?
>
> /Nobody/ on these usenet groups is from Microsoft. And if they are,
> they won't tell you - they'll be answering on their own behalf anyway.
>
> These so called suggestions are an artefact from the web interface
> Microsoft has made for the newsgroups. Most of the people here just
> ignore the "suggestions" footer as white noise. As far as I know, that
> "suggestions" button is a leftover from some other thing Microsoft once
> used and was ported to the newsgoups interface.
>
> If you want to access the newsgroups in a normal way, install a
> newsreader (see http://www.newsreaders.com for a choice). Outlook
> Express would be the worst choice from the long list of newsreaders,
> but still lightyears better than the web interface. At least it's
> installed on every Windows pc so there is no excuse for not at least
> trying it. You should use the web interface only if you have absolutely
> no other choice at all.
> The advantage of using a newsreader is that you can sort, filter,
> search, archive,... all the messages as much as you like.
>
> If you wish to communicate with Microsoft directly, write a letter to:
>
> Microsoft Corporation
> One Microsoft Way
> Redmond, WA 98052-6399
>
> --
> Amedee Van Gasse


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