Re: Posting new and replies

From: DanS (t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t_at_a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:55:43 -0500

"=?Utf-8?B?SmltIFQ=?=" <JimT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:7482F7E5-C53F-43FF-A9DD-C77D5E625D36@microsoft.com:

> Whoa!
> What you responded to is called a "Newsgroup", also referred to as a
> discussion group, you know question-answer etc as you responded to my
> question. I said nothing about a "newsreader". I have no interest in
> that and didn't refer to it. And I said nothing about Windows 2000. I
> have XP which should be apparent since you responded to "Windows XP
> Security discussion group. And I have no clue what you refer to as
> Microsoft CDO. What I need is some help with the question I asked.
>

Well..... IF you were using a newsreader, you could see the headers
accompanying your message (some below).

.From: "=?Utf-8?B?SmltIFQ=?=" <JimT@discussions.microsoft.com>
.Subject: Posting new and replies
.Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:49:02 -0700
.Lines: 12
.Message-ID: <3807C214-EDEB-4AD5-867F-F8E4AC7DF288@microsoft.com>
.MIME-Version: 1.0
.Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8"
.Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
.X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
.Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
.Importance: normal
.Priority: normal
.X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.0
.Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

As you can plainly see, it says the Newsreader is 'Microsoft CDO for
Windows 2000' which, has nothing to do with the OS you are currently
using. Who the hell even knows what M$ CDO for Win2K is anyway....(after
a quick search, CDO is a set COM components used to create manage and
send internet messages by SMTP or NNTP protocols). In other words, it's
part of a web page script.

Altho Wes referred to Outlook (or OE) as a 'real' newsreader, I beg to
differ, but it is way better than any web-to-news portal, as evident by
your posting problem.

Might I suggest you try XNews to read text newsgroups, binaries are
another story.

And YES!, the question was answered. The answer was stop using whatever
site you are using and use a 'real' newsreader. Your ISP, 99% of the
time, provides you with an NNTP (or Usenet, or News, whatever you want to
call it) server. For text groups, there are also decent free servers.

Regards,

DanS

> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Quit using that rinky dink Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 and use a
>> real newsreader like Outlook Express.
>>
>> Getting News from Newsgroups
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.asp
>>
>> Using Outlook Express To View Newsgroups
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2fdirectory%2fworldwid
>> e%2fen-gb%2fnewsout.asp
>>
>> Viewing and Posting to Newsgroups
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/newsgroups.asp
>>
>> Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
>>
>> Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
>> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>>
>> Set Up Outlook Express
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/setup.asp
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:3807C214-EDEB-4AD5-867F-F8E4AC7DF288@microsoft.com,
>> Jim T <JimT@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>> > Many times, when I try to either post a new item or to reply to a
>> > response to my question I get an error messge saying "....an error
>> > has occurred..." essentially saying that my post did not work.
>> > About half the time I try the post again since I am told it did not
>> > go thru, only to find it DID go thru!. I tried posting this new
>> > thread yesterday and it did NOT go thru. This one may not either.
>> > Whatever MS did when it changed this site certainly put a lot of
>> > bugs in it. There is not even a "Sign-In". You have to go to
>> > "Manage Profile" and then try to get back to the Discussion Group.
>> > If I don't do this I get: "the page you requested cannot be
>> > displayed". To make matters worse, I have tried email to the MS
>> > help site and have NEVER gotten the courtesy of a response. I do
>> > NOT have any kind of similar problem on ANY other website.
>>
>>

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