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What happened here...?
For years, this has been the best and hottest place to get help with
vba and excel. I used to see responses and expect several responses within minutes of every post. Just curious... What happened? The responses are much slower, even sporadic sometimes (although I very much still appreciate the help and tutilage) and it seems to be almost dead around here. I used to read the post daily as if they were a part of a book... Where did everyone go? |
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Hi
Have a look at the link below, It will explain everything. http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx Regards John D "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in message ... For years, this has been the best and hottest place to get help with vba and excel. I used to see responses and expect several responses within minutes of every post. Just curious... What happened? The responses are much slower, even sporadic sometimes (although I very much still appreciate the help and tutilage) and it seems to be almost dead around here. I used to read the post daily as if they were a part of a book... Where did everyone go? |
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John's link didn't lead anywhere for me, so you might like to try this
one: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...be49dca1cc1a4# Hope this helps. Pete On Oct 20, 2:07*pm, "J.W. Aldridge" wrote: For years, this has been the best and hottest place to get help with vba and excel. I used to see responses and expect several responses within minutes of every post. Just curious... What happened? The responses are much slower, even sporadic sometimes (although I very much still appreciate the help and tutilage) and it seems to be almost dead around here. I used to read the post daily as if they were a part of a book... Where did everyone go? |
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Thanx all...
I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios! |
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"J.W. Aldridge" wrote in message
... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios! I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |
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Amen
-- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA .. .. "Clif McIrvin" wrote in message ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in message ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios! |
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I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups
just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14*pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon *USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. *I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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I have thought I might look into the NNTP bridge they set up....
Clif "Pete_UK" wrote in message ... I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14 pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- Clif McIrvin Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |
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Hi Pete
I guess he likes attention. The link I posted works for me, don't know if it works for others In any case it's a shame MS closed those newsgroups. Regards John D "Pete_UK" wrote in message ... I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14 pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Hi Clif
Would you post back if you have any success with that; I tried in spring but had no success. I'm using Windows Vista with Windows Mail something like Outlook Express I guess. Regards John D "Clif McIrvin" wrote in message ... I have thought I might look into the NNTP bridge they set up.... Clif "Pete_UK" wrote in message ... I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14 pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- Clif McIrvin Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.) |
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Alternatives to NNTP bridge... http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=faq http://www.aioe.org/ -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA "Cimjet" wrote in message ... Hi Clif Would you post back if you have any success with that; I tried in spring but had no success. I'm using Windows Vista with Windows Mail something like Outlook Express I guess. Regards John D "Clif McIrvin" wrote in message ... I have thought I might look into the NNTP bridge they set up.... Clif |
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Cliff
Have a look at Ron de Bruin's site for the how-to's of setting up the Forums through the NTTP bridge. http://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm As suggested, download and use Jochen's bridge.................saves having to download and install two bridges. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:15:58 -0500, "Clif McIrvin" wrote: I have thought I might look into the NNTP bridge they set up.... Clif "Pete_UK" wrote in message ... I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14 pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Cliff
Have a look at Ron de Bruin's site for the how-to's of setting up the Forums through the NTTP bridge. http://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm As suggested, download and use Jochen's bridge.................saves having to download and install two bridges. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:15:58 -0500, "Clif McIrvin" wrote: I have thought I might look into the NNTP bridge they set up.... Clif "Pete_UK" wrote in message ... I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14 pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Hi John,
yes, your link worked for me when I tried it again later on, but of course by then I had posted my alternative link ... I agree about the newsgroups - the new Forums don't have the same feel about them. Pete On Oct 20, 8:16*pm, "Cimjet" wrote: Hi Pete I guess he likes attention. The link I posted works for me, don't know if it works for others In any case it's a shame MS closed those newsgroups. Regards John D "Pete_UK" wrote in message ... I've started posting on the Forums, but I also check out Google Groups just as often. The OP repeated his question over on the Forums, and had two replies last time I checked. Pete On Oct 20, 5:14 pm, "Jim Cone" wrote: Amen -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA . . "Clif McIrvin" wrote in ... I don't know .... for myself, I've never been over to the new forums, and never expect to visit them. I realize that I'm missing a certain amount of traffic, but I find that the community here is plenty large enough to meet my needs; and I don't have to deal with the @$*! web forum user interface. Just because MS decided the world needs to change doesn't necessarily mean that it should. -- Clif McIrvin "J.W. Aldridge" wrote in ... Thanx all... I didn't know. I will surely miss this format... But I guess I need to go to where the action is. Will visit every now and then to remind myself of where i grew up, but for the most part... Adios!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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In message of Wed, 20 Oct 2010
12:32:58 in microsoft.public.excel.programming, Jim Cone writes Alternatives to NNTP bridge... http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=faq http://www.aioe.org/ Jim, I saw such advice some time ago and connected to Eternal September (what a brilliant name). I was swamped by the number of groups and a poor interface in my software (Turnpike) to the whole list of groups. Do you know the name of the group corresponding to the forum which aims to replace this group: microsoft.public.excel.programming? There is a similar question for aioe.org. I assume that once I map one news group, I can extrapolate to others. Thanks. -- Walter Briscoe |
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Outlook Express, which I use, can display an alphabetical list of the newsgroups
available from eternal-september.org and aioe.org. (the lists appear to be identical) The OE listing also has a search function that displays only groups containing the word searched for. I don't believe, the MS forums ... http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...ult.aspx#tab=4 can be accessed from eternal or aioe. This post (10/15/2010) in public.scripting.vbscript from Mayayana states: '--- "I went to check out the Scripting Guys site. One of the most recent posts is asking for help with one of my scripts that got posted online. (And the author had the nerve to put a copyright notice at the bottom of his page!) That brought up a question in my mind: Usenet is followed by numerous parasite sites that repost content as if it were their own. That makes answers widely available online. I wonder if Microsoft's site is indexed by Google. I'm guessing that it isn't, which is very unfortunate. A quick search at Google didn't turn up the MS group post. It would have turned up if it were a Usenet post. So any answers offered here will be available online, probably for years, while any answers offered in the MS web forums will apparently disappear for good once they've been scrolled out of view by new posts." '--- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA http://www.contextures.com/excel-sort-addin.html (review of excel sorting add-in) .. .. .. "Walter Briscoe" wrote in message ... In message of Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:32:58 in microsoft.public.excel.programming, Jim writes Alternatives to NNTP bridge... http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=faq http://www.aioe.org/ Jim, I saw such advice some time ago and connected to Eternal September (what a brilliant name). I was swamped by the number of groups and a poor interface in my software (Turnpike) to the whole list of groups. Do you know the name of the group corresponding to the forum which aims to replace this group: microsoft.public.excel.programming? There is a similar question for aioe.org. I assume that once I map one news group, I can extrapolate to others. Thanks. -- Walter Briscoe |
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Hi Jim
I'm using eternal-september for all the old usernet newsgroups, it's for the new MS forum I was thinking. I sometime go on the new forum but really don't like it. Regards John D "Jim Cone" wrote in message ... Alternatives to NNTP bridge... http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=faq http://www.aioe.org/ -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA "Cimjet" wrote in message ... Hi Clif Would you post back if you have any success with that; I tried in spring but had no success. I'm using Windows Vista with Windows Mail something like Outlook Express I guess. Regards John D "Clif McIrvin" wrote in message ... I have thought I might look into the NNTP bridge they set up.... Clif |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:40:02 -0700, "Jim Cone"
wrote: Outlook Express, which I use, can display an alphabetical list of the newsgroups available from eternal-september.org and aioe.org. (the lists appear to be identical) The OE listing also has a search function that displays only groups containing the word searched for. I don't believe, the MS forums ... http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...ult.aspx#tab=4 can be accessed from eternal or aioe. This post (10/15/2010) in public.scripting.vbscript from Mayayana states: '--- "I went to check out the Scripting Guys site. One of the most recent posts is asking for help with one of my scripts that got posted online. (And the author had the nerve to put a copyright notice at the bottom of his page!) That brought up a question in my mind: Usenet is followed by numerous parasite sites that repost content as if it were their own. That makes answers widely available online. I wonder if Microsoft's site is indexed by Google. I'm guessing that it isn't, which is very unfortunate. A quick search at Google didn't turn up the MS group post. It would have turned up if it were a Usenet post. So any answers offered here will be available online, probably for years, while any answers offered in the MS web forums will apparently disappear for good once they've been scrolled out of view by new posts." '--- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA http://www.contextures.com/excel-sort-addin.html (review of excel sorting add-in) . . . "Walter Briscoe" wrote in message ... In message of Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:32:58 in microsoft.public.excel.programming, Jim writes Alternatives to NNTP bridge... http://www.eternal-september.org/index.php?showpage=faq http://www.aioe.org/ Jim, I saw such advice some time ago and connected to Eternal September (what a brilliant name). I was swamped by the number of groups and a poor interface in my software (Turnpike) to the whole list of groups. Do you know the name of the group corresponding to the forum which aims to replace this group: microsoft.public.excel.programming? There is a similar question for aioe.org. I assume that once I map one news group, I can extrapolate to others. Thanks. All of my groups worked fine after moving to aioe, just no binary any more. Wah. No photos. Usenet used to allow smaller than 16k jpgs to be placed in a post, but most dopey server admins run the boilerplate setup which probably only allows a binary in a binary group, which aioe no gotz... But he could easily turn on the ability to put them in a regular post, but you guys would have to follow suit, if your servers are currently blocking such things. Most hop servers do not block, of course. |
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