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?

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?

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?

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!

"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.)

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!

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 -

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.)

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 -

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.)

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

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 -

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 -

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 -

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

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

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

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.