Re: WARNING FOR WINDOWS USERS!

by the way the source of entry this hack is using is outlook.exe i have news
groups, but outlookimap.dll is one of the changing files, and my outlook
folder is huge already from work alone.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

<snipped>
( Sooner or later - it will be archived on Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/ )

Gordon wrote:
<sigh> - this is NOT a chat room, please QUOTE the post you are
replying to.....

Ian wrote:
there was alot more than dude you need to read what i wrote.
and it is positioned directly under the post it was a response to.

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
Ian;
"it is positioned directly under the post"
Actually you do not know that.
Sometimes newsreaders do not act as they should.
As for the web interface you are using, that also has occasional
problems.
And when that happens, you post is all alone and without context.
You should quote at least as much of the original text as necessary
to keep context.

Ian wrote:
sounds like a bug, or like using different browsers, i see them all
in context, which is the way it is on the page through internet
explorer.
<snip>

Shenan Stanley wrote:
The assumptions you are making are due to you posting using the
Microsoft Web Page Interface.

Not everyone gets their news from these groups from the particular
server that interface is connected to and not everyone uses the web
interface (I would say that as users start using the newsgroups
more and more, they drift towards newsreaders - applications made
to interface with newsgroups.)

For those who do not get their news from the same newsgroup as you
- the rules on said server (for synchronizing with the other
thousands of servers around the world) may be different on their
server than on the one you utilize. The posts may be erased daily,
weekly, monthly, yearly - so that a post made yesterday may no
longer be on one person's server of choice tomorrow and on another
person's server of choice even after a decade.

These articles may help explain newsgroups, news servers and the
Usenet to you a little better than I could in a response.

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/9742.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/newsgroup4.htm

If you plan on using the newsgroups more often - I highly recommend
a newsreader or at least Outlook Express.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Good Luck!

Ian wrote:
i avoid google thanks though

Ian wrote:
no i said i was new and did not know all the ways you can interface
with this newsgroup. and explained i was using IE that all, i am
not trying to cause problems, i am trying to reveal one

I mentioned no concern (I have none) for what your purpose is here in this
thread of the conversation.

I am just trying to give you the tools to properly access and understand
what it is you are actually doing (posting to internationally distributed
newsgroups amongst thousands of news servers all with different
configurations) and the easiest way to do it (a newsreader or at least
something like Outlook Express.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



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