XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: mo01@posteo.de   
      
   Am 20.03.2023 um 08:48:05 Uhr schrieb Ken Blake:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   MS discontinued them and switched off the nntp server at MS - other   
   servers still carried it.   
      
   > Is he running Outlook Express? The last version of Windows to include   
   > it  was Windows 98.   
      
   It was XP.   
      
   > >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?   
      
   news.solani.org has them, registration is free.   
      
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