I'm confused.

A short while ago, I asked a question in Excel General Questions. Later, I
got an email that there was a response. When I click the link, only a blank
page is opened.

When I went directly to the discussions page, my question and the answer
were not listed. I'm confused as to how someone could answer the question,
but I can't link to it.

Is it possible that I might have clicked the link "to continue receiving
posts" before I clicked the link to the answer?

Please help -- thanks.

You may not see this reply...

There is a problem with the MS newsgroups. They've been acting up since Dec
23. I just sent a message to MS to let them know (if anybody sees it!).

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Charlie''s Word VBA questions"
m wrote in message
...
I'm confused.

A short while ago, I asked a question in Excel General Questions. Later,
I
got an email that there was a response. When I click the link, only a
blank
page is opened.

When I went directly to the discussions page, my question and the answer
were not listed. I'm confused as to how someone could answer the
question,
but I can't link to it.

Is it possible that I might have clicked the link "to continue receiving
posts" before I clicked the link to the answer?

Please help -- thanks.

There's no problem with the newsgroups; it's just the MS web interface to
the groups which is broken.
--
David Biddulph

"T. Valko" wrote in message
...
You may not see this reply...

There is a problem with the MS newsgroups. They've been acting up since
Dec 23. I just sent a message to MS to let them know (if anybody sees
it!).

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Charlie''s Word VBA questions"
m wrote in message
...
I'm confused.

A short while ago, I asked a question in Excel General Questions. Later,
I
got an email that there was a response. When I click the link, only a
blank
page is opened.

When I went directly to the discussions page, my question and the answer
were not listed. I'm confused as to how someone could answer the
question,
but I can't link to it.

Is it possible that I might have clicked the link "to continue receiving
posts" before I clicked the link to the answer?

Please help -- thanks.

Technically, you're correct but people that access through the web consider
the web to be the "newsgroups".

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
There's no problem with the newsgroups; it's just the MS web interface to
the groups which is broken.
--
David Biddulph

"T. Valko" wrote in message
...
You may not see this reply...

There is a problem with the MS newsgroups. They've been acting up since
Dec 23. I just sent a message to MS to let them know (if anybody sees
it!).

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Charlie''s Word VBA questions"
m wrote in message
...
I'm confused.

A short while ago, I asked a question in Excel General Questions.
Later, I
got an email that there was a response. When I click the link, only a
blank
page is opened.

When I went directly to the discussions page, my question and the answer
were not listed. I'm confused as to how someone could answer the
question,
but I can't link to it.

Is it possible that I might have clicked the link "to continue receiving
posts" before I clicked the link to the answer?

Please help -- thanks.

And their gross misconceptions should be corrected...

In article ,
"T. Valko" wrote:

Technically, you're correct but people that access through the web consider
the web to be the "newsgroups".

Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm


--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Charlie''s Word VBA questions"
m wrote in message
...
I'm confused.

A short while ago, I asked a question in Excel General Questions. Later,
I
got an email that there was a response. When I click the link, only a
blank
page is opened.

When I went directly to the discussions page, my question and the answer
were not listed. I'm confused as to how someone could answer the
question,
but I can't link to it.

Is it possible that I might have clicked the link "to continue receiving
posts" before I clicked the link to the answer?

Please help -- thanks.

shouldn't we expect more from microsoft that searching for a work around?

my thoughts
regards
FSt1

"Don Guillett" wrote:

Community Message Not Available

In article ,
FSt1 wrote:

shouldn't we expect more from microsoft that searching for a work around?

Probably not. Invest some time in learning to use a newsreader.

None of the people posting here (and darned few of those reading) work
for MS, or have any influence on their customer support strategy. You're
better off providing feedback to them directly.

(I assume the web portal has a link to provide feedback)

Stop using the awful web interface, and link up to the news groups directly:

http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...crosoft-excel/

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
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"Charlie''s Word VBA questions"
m wrote in message
...
I'm confused.

A short while ago, I asked a question in Excel General Questions. Later,
I
got an email that there was a response. When I click the link, only a
blank
page is opened.

When I went directly to the discussions page, my question and the answer
were not listed. I'm confused as to how someone could answer the
question,
but I can't link to it.

Is it possible that I might have clicked the link "to continue receiving
posts" before I clicked the link to the answer?

Please help -- thanks.