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Why not use OE to read Excel NGs (FYI)
We often hear the mantra that we should use OE to read Excel NGs from the
msnews server instead of using web interfaces like Google Groups and MS Discussion Groups. While I agree that GG and MSDG have their failings, I just learned that the msnews server retains articles only for a very restricted amount of time -- 90 days apparently. Both GG and MSDG have m.p.e.misc articles dating back to 2004 (at least [1]). The msnews server is limited, today, to May 2009. So, yes, use OE to read "current" articles. But I would not count GG and MSDG out completely, unless, of course, you have direct access to another NG server besides msnews.microsoft.com. On the other hand, neither of the search features on those web sites work well. Sigh. PS: I was surprised to learn that the MSDG server has its own archive of articles. I had always ass-u-me-d that it was just a front-end to the msnews server. Endnotes: [1] The MSDG archive goes back, today, as far as 9 June 2004. The GG archive goes back at least as far as 1 Jan 2004. I did not search GG further. |
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