Problem with MS Community Newsgroups?
 

Is anyone else experiencing chronic delays or failure when trying
to access any of the Excel newsgroups through "MS Community
Newsgroups" (MSCN)? How do I report such problems?

By "MSCN", I mean: I go to http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups,
log in, navigate my way to the list of English Excel newsgroups,
then select one of them on the left.

For the past 2-3 days, usually I get an error to the effect of "page
not available". But occassionally, I can get to the page (list of
postings) after a very very long time, sometimes just after getting
the "not available" error(!).

I do not believe this is a browser problem. I am using IE 6.0 and
Win XP SP2. I have had not problems for months/years.

I do not believe it is a local network problem. Obviously, I have
no problem posting to the same newsgroups using Google Groups.
However, it could a problem within my ISP's network. But it could
also be a problem within the MS network. That is why I am asking
if others are experiencing the same problem chronically.

Problem with MS Community Newsgroups?
 

Problem with MS Community Newsgroups?
 

There is a much easier way using Outlook Express.
Details here...
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
or here
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tutorials/oe_ng/

--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware



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Is anyone else experiencing chronic delays or failure when trying
to access any of the Excel newsgroups through "MS Community
Newsgroups" (MSCN)? How do I report such problems?
And "of course", soon after I post this inquiry, the problem clears
up -- at least for now. Actually, the problem persists when I do a
search. And the original problem might have been intermittent to
begin with, and I just had "bad luck". I am still interested in
knowing
if others have seen this problem (just in the last 1-2 days). And I
am still interested in knowing how to report such suspicious problems
to those who control the network for MSCN.

Problem with MS Community Newsgroups?
 

Jim Cone wrote:
There is a much easier way using Outlook Express.
Details here...
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
or here
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tutorials/oe_ng/

I am not interested in altrenatives. I am interested in confirming
the root cause of the problem and reporting them.

Problem with MS Community Newsgroups?