"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote:
If your ISP doesn't support NNTP access, use the server
msnews.microsoft.com

If you mean using Outlook Express, Windows Mail or something similar to set
up an "account" that connects to the MSnews server, that __does__ use the
NNTP protocol.

But most people do not use the correct terminology when talking about
newsgroups (aka discussion groups). So it is unclear exactly what Jerry
means.

When I look back at Jerry's postings (e.g. Nov 2008), everything is
consistent with his posting through the MS Discussion Groups server, and it
is consistent with his latest posting [1]. But he might have been unaware
of that if he was using an interface provided by his ISP.

I wouldn't mind understanding this in more detail. What did Jerry do
exactly in the past? What did he do differently for his latest posting?

(We should probably take this discussion to a new thread or offline using
email.)


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Endnotes

[1] Relevant headers from Jerry's latest posting:

Message-ID:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149

Headers from Jerry's Nov 2008 posting (and many others):

Message-ID:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149

Compare with headers for my posting through the MSDG web interface:

Message-ID:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149

Constrast with headers from my posting through the MSnews server using OE:

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512
Message-ID:
NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-6-189-80.hsd1.ca.comcast.net 24.6.189.80

The domain name (suffix) in the Message-ID header is usually indicative of
the server to which the message was posted: microsoft.com for the MSDG
server; phx.gbl for the MSnews server. However, the posting agent (local
program) can create its own Message-ID header.

However, also note the NNTP-Posting-Host header.


----- original message -----

"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
If your ISP doesn't support NNTP access, use the server
msnews.microsoft.com
--
David Biddulph


"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message
...
This is intended as an addendum to
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...affa04b5577be3
which I cannot reply to directly because the MS community interface
appears
to no longer support replying to the microsoft.public.excel group, my ISP
no
longer supports NNTP newsgroups at all, and Google does not support posts
without displaying my real e-mail address.
...