XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: bradshaw@gci.net   
      
   Ken Blake wrote:   
   > On 20 Mar 2023 15:18:29 GMT, Frank Slootweg    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> [Late response due to extended absence.]   
   >>   
   >> Newyana2  wrote:   
   >>>  Suddenly neither E-S nor AIOE can find the MS newsgroups.   
   >>> I visit microsoft.* regular for VB, vbscript, and the most active   
   >>> XP group. Does anyone know the story here? Have they been   
   >>> discontinued? Threats from Microsoft or some such? Historicallt   
   >>> the MS groups have been among the best because they had   
   >>> a long history of use by MVPs and Windows professionals.   
   >>   
   >>  I'm not sure, but I think that Outlook Express can have multiple   
   >> news servers/accounts.   
   >   
   >   
   > I think so too. In fact I think all (almost all?) newsreaders can   
   >   
   > Is he running Outlook Express? The last version of Windows to include   
   > it  was Windows 98.   
   >   
   >   
   >> If so, you can get the microsoft.public.* groups from   
   >> some other server(s) and the rest of your groups from E-S.   
   >   
   >   
   > I haven't seen a Microsoft  newsgroup in years. Do you know any news   
   > servers that still carry any?   
   >   
      
   I see all kinds of the microsoft.public.??? on news.individual.net.   
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