XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > On 2023-03-20 16:48, 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   
   >   
   > No, Thunderbird can not.   
   >   
   > You can define several accounts and each can have one server only. So   
   > you can not have one "usenet" account will all groups.   
      
     But can't you have a 'global inbox' like you can for e-mail, so that   
   all your articles from multiple servers are in one 'view'? (I use a   
   global inbox for e-mail in Thunderbird, but do not use thunderbird for   
   news.)   
      
   > In my case I can, because I use a local proxy server, which can talk to   
   > multiple servers, while presenting a single unified server to Thunderbird.   
      
     I also use a local proxy server (Hamster), but with a different   
   newsreader (tin).   
      
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