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Cross-posting
How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that
I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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"is there something I need to know"
Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone
for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Cross posting as you describe is ok but multi-posting is a frowned upon.
Sorry, can't help with how to cross post, you're using the web interface. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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I don't use a web interface for newsgroup participation as I find the
newsgroup reader in Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista) quite satisfactory. I don't think you can cross-post from a web interface to newsgroups. If you were using a newsgroup reader (personally, I think they are a much better method of working with newsgroups), you would put all the newsgroup names (comma delineated) in the Newsgroups field on the Reply To Group message. Rick "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Thanks. I don't use Outlook Express, but I guess I will have to look into
what "Newsgroup readers" are. I'm new to this 'discussion group' thing, but I did see something about newsgroups in the new member information. I'll try to find it again and see if that helps. Right now, I don't even know what a Newsgroup is... -- Sociopath "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote: I don't use a web interface for newsgroup participation as I find the newsgroup reader in Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista) quite satisfactory. I don't think you can cross-post from a web interface to newsgroups. If you were using a newsgroup reader (personally, I think they are a much better method of working with newsgroups), you would put all the newsgroup names (comma delineated) in the Newsgroups field on the Reply To Group message. Rick "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Saved from a previous post:
If you have Outlook Express installed, try clicking on these links (or copy and paste into MSIE). news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.setup news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...heet.functions news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.newusers news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.programming (and a few more for MSWord) news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....docmanagement news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.word97vba news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word.newusers news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.pagelayout news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.vba.addins news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.beginners news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....customization news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rd.vba.general news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.userforms news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word6-7macros (You can always connect to more later) Here are some links that explain it better: Chip Pearson has some notes written by Leonard Meads at: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm David McRitchie's notes at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6.htm http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6nws01.htm Tushar Mehta's notes at: http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tut...e_ng/index.htm And if you're looking for old posts: Or you can use google (maybe a few hours behind) to search for stuff you've posted (and find the replies, too) http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search http://groups.google.com/advanced_gr...Excel*&num=100 Ron de Bruin has an excel addin that you may like: http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm SwearBear wrote: Thanks. I don't use Outlook Express, but I guess I will have to look into what "Newsgroup readers" are. I'm new to this 'discussion group' thing, but I did see something about newsgroups in the new member information. I'll try to find it again and see if that helps. Right now, I don't even know what a Newsgroup is... -- Sociopath "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote: I don't use a web interface for newsgroup participation as I find the newsgroup reader in Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista) quite satisfactory. I don't think you can cross-post from a web interface to newsgroups. If you were using a newsgroup reader (personally, I think they are a much better method of working with newsgroups), you would put all the newsgroup names (comma delineated) in the Newsgroups field on the Reply To Group message. Rick "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath -- Dave Peterson |
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You're right, there's a difference between cross-posting and multi-posting.
Regardless, they are both time wasters, both for you and the responders. Had you asked your question initially in either of the discussion boards, you would have had your answer by now. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Why do you think cross-posting a "time waster"? Did you see the 2nd part of
the message I posted in this thread? Rick "Fred Smith" wrote in message ... You're right, there's a difference between cross-posting and multi-posting. Regardless, they are both time wasters, both for you and the responders. Had you asked your question initially in either of the discussion boards, you would have had your answer by now. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Cross-posting
It's perfectly fine to cross-post as opposed to multi-post which is the real
time waster -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in message ... Why do you think cross-posting a "time waster"? Did you see the 2nd part of the message I posted in this thread? Rick "Fred Smith" wrote in message ... You're right, there's a difference between cross-posting and multi-posting. Regardless, they are both time wasters, both for you and the responders. Had you asked your question initially in either of the discussion boards, you would have had your answer by now. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Outlook will fire up Outlook Express to read Newsgroups.
SwearBear wrote: Thank you so much. I don't use Outlook Express (use straight Outlook), but you've given me plenty of research to do to keep me busy for awhile. Much appreciated! |
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Certainly this post has been a time waster for everyone involved. This is
not an Excel question at all. It would have been better posted to an Outlook Express group. It's been a time waster for SwearBear. He would have had his answer by now if he had simply posted to one newsgroup. You're correct that cross-posting when done correctly shouldn't waste time, because the system should take care of posting reponses to all groups. My point is that expecially in these Excel groups, it's unnecessary because most everyone monitors the popular groups. I stand by my advice that he would have been far better off just to post to one group. Regards, Fred. "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote in message ... Why do you think cross-posting a "time waster"? Did you see the 2nd part of the message I posted in this thread? Rick "Fred Smith" wrote in message ... You're right, there's a difference between cross-posting and multi-posting. Regardless, they are both time wasters, both for you and the responders. Had you asked your question initially in either of the discussion boards, you would have had your answer by now. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Dave,
I don't know what happened to the last post I sent you in reply, but I wanted to tell you, "Thank You" for all of the links. I don't use Outlook Express, but I will research these links as soon as I have the time. -- Sociopath "Dave Peterson" wrote: Saved from a previous post: If you have Outlook Express installed, try clicking on these links (or copy and paste into MSIE). news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.setup news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...heet.functions news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.newusers news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.programming (and a few more for MSWord) news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....docmanagement news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.word97vba news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word.newusers news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.pagelayout news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.vba.addins news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.beginners news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....customization news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rd.vba.general news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.userforms news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word6-7macros (You can always connect to more later) Here are some links that explain it better: Chip Pearson has some notes written by Leonard Meads at: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm David McRitchie's notes at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6.htm http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6nws01.htm Tushar Mehta's notes at: http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tut...e_ng/index.htm And if you're looking for old posts: Or you can use google (maybe a few hours behind) to search for stuff you've posted (and find the replies, too) http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search http://groups.google.com/advanced_gr...Excel*&num=100 Ron de Bruin has an excel addin that you may like: http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm SwearBear wrote: Thanks. I don't use Outlook Express, but I guess I will have to look into what "Newsgroup readers" are. I'm new to this 'discussion group' thing, but I did see something about newsgroups in the new member information. I'll try to find it again and see if that helps. Right now, I don't even know what a Newsgroup is... -- Sociopath "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote: I don't use a web interface for newsgroup participation as I find the newsgroup reader in Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista) quite satisfactory. I don't think you can cross-post from a web interface to newsgroups. If you were using a newsgroup reader (personally, I think they are a much better method of working with newsgroups), you would put all the newsgroup names (comma delineated) in the Newsgroups field on the Reply To Group message. Rick "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath -- Dave Peterson |
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Rick,
I did and it doesn't make sense to me that a service like this would provide the ability to cross-post (not multi-post) unless it served a useful purpose. I'm sure that when you have a question and you're not really sure which group to post it in, cross-posting would be the way to go. I have a question posted in Excel Worksheet Functions, "Counting from the Bottom Up", that I tried to cross-post but couldn't. I wasn't sure if the experts monitoring Worksheet Functions would answer the question as I was concerned that it would be a macro programming issue and that it should be posted under Excel Programming. I don't know why the site would have separate groups unless they were not directly tied to each other. I think cross-posting would have been a legitimate way to post my question, even though I got a great answer back right away from T. Valko. -- Sociopath "Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB)" wrote: Why do you think cross-posting a "time waster"? Did you see the 2nd part of the message I posted in this thread? Rick "Fred Smith" wrote in message ... You're right, there's a difference between cross-posting and multi-posting. Regardless, they are both time wasters, both for you and the responders. Had you asked your question initially in either of the discussion boards, you would have had your answer by now. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... One of the posts I read yesterday was by a MS MVP who was chastising someone for posting the same question to two different discussion groups and telling him what a waste of time THAT was. He suggested "cross-posting" as responders would see just the one question and their answer(s) would automatically show up in either group. That way they would not be spending their time answering the same question twice. I think it's set up that way purposely - it made sense to me. As I said, the person he was chastising was sending multiple copies of the same question to multiple discussion groups. That was not my intent. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: "is there something I need to know" Yes, don't cross post. It's a real time waster. Most responders monitor the main groups, including .programming and ..worksheet.functions. Post to either one of these. Regards, Fred. "SwearBear" wrote in message ... How do I cross-post to more than one discussion group. I had a question that I wanted to post to both the Excel Programming discussion group and the Excel Worksheet Functions d.g. When I went to "Advanced Options" and entered both discussion group names, it wouldn't take the post, whether I separated the names with commas or with semi-colons. I'm new to this, so is there something I need to know about "full USENET designations" for the discussion groups? -- Sociopath |
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Fred,
I don't know that this subject is a time-waster when you consider the number of posts it has received, just on this Topic. It's obviously a controversial question and I've gained a lot of insight into it and the group discussions process. (I'm new, remember?) This may not be what you consider an Excel question, but as I mentioned much earlier, I read a post in the Excel groups that had a MS MVP chastising a poster about multi-posting his questions in more than one group. He is the one, as I recall, that mentioned the cross-posting option vs. the multi-posting. I think it's a valid question for a 'newbie' to ask in any group. I asked it in Excel General Questions. As far as your suggestion that this question should have been posted to an Outlook Express group, you're ASSUMING that everyone who logs on here is using Outlook Express. Guess what? I DON'T and I'm sure ther're many others who don't! You're right about some of these posts being a time-waster for me, but I have gotten some good information and a much better understanding of the cross-post issue and when & why cross-posting makes sense. How on earth would I, or you, for that matter, know that, "most everyone monitors the popular groups??? That seems like another huge ASSUMPTION on your part. I have noticed that certain names appear often in answers to posts in one group as opposed to OTHER certain names predominant in another group. That comes from looking at lots of posts in both the Programming and Worksheet Functions groups in the last few days, not to mention all of them I went through in this group. There's a time & place for everything. -- Sociopath "Fred Smith" wrote: Certainly this post has been a time waster for everyone involved. This is not an Excel question at all. It would have been better posted to an Outlook Express group. It's been a time waster for SwearBear. He would have had his answer by now if he had simply posted to one newsgroup. You're correct that cross-posting when done correctly shouldn't waste time, because the system should take care of posting reponses to all groups. My point is that expecially in these Excel groups, it's unnecessary because most everyone monitors the popular groups. I stand by my advice that he would have been far better off just to post to one group. Regards, Fred. |
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Bob,
I found a Help article in Outlook titled, "Start the newsgroup reader€¯ - I'll follow up on that and see where it takes me. Thanks... -- Sociopath "Bob I" wrote: Outlook will fire up Outlook Express to read Newsgroups. SwearBear wrote: Thank you so much. I don't use Outlook Express (use straight Outlook), but you've given me plenty of research to do to keep me busy for awhile. Much appreciated! |
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Bob,
I found a Help article in Outlook titled, "Start the newsgroup reader€¯ - I'll follow up on that and see where it takes me. Thanks... -- Sociopath "Bob I" wrote: Outlook will fire up Outlook Express to read Newsgroups. SwearBear wrote: Thank you so much. I don't use Outlook Express (use straight Outlook), but you've given me plenty of research to do to keep me busy for awhile. Much appreciated! |
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Most welcome, and here is a bit more useful bits for you.
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Looks incredible.
Thanks, again! -- Sociopath "Bob I" wrote: Most welcome, and here is a bit more useful bits for you. http://aumha.org/nntp.htm SwearBear wrote: Bob, I found a Help article in Outlook titled, "Start the newsgroup readerĆ¢‚¬Ā¯ - I'll follow up on that and see where it takes me. Thanks... |
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You're welcome, have a great day!
SwearBear wrote: Looks incredible. Thanks, again! |
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