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petty annoyance
When I sign on to the newsgroup the window opens to the last medssage
posted. I prefer to be at the top of the page. What have I missed??? Thanks, Ralph, The OLD one |
Click on <Sent at the top of the panel. This, as with the column headings,
will re-sort that column in the opposite direction. Regards. Bill Ridgeway Computer Solutions "Ralphael1" wrote in message oups.com... When I sign on to the newsgroup the window opens to the last medssage posted. I prefer to be at the top of the page. What have I missed??? Thanks, Ralph, The OLD one |
"Ralphael1" wrote in message
oups.com... When I sign on to the newsgroup the window opens to the last medssage posted. I prefer to be at the top of the page. What have I missed??? Thanks, Ralph, The OLD one Try using a proper news reader instead of Google groups. |
Gordon: I use OE to read the newsgroups. Is it "proper"? When I click on a
newsgroup, if there are no recent posts in the window area that's displayed, it'll sometimes scroll my window to a post that's days old. It sounds to me like this is what Ralph is griping about, and it has nothing to do with him viewing "newest" first as opposed to "oldest" first (sort order, which is what Bill seems to be suggesting). Anyway, I understood his question--I think, but don't have the answer. Personally, I want to know what all these "Not Downloaded" posts are. I can't find anything about it. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Ralphael1" wrote in message oups.com... When I sign on to the newsgroup the window opens to the last medssage posted. I prefer to be at the top of the page. What have I missed??? Thanks, Ralph, The OLD one Try using a proper news reader instead of Google groups. |
"Anne Troy" wrote in message
news:9f3ca$42dbbbe7$97c5108d$2431@allthenewsgroups .com... Gordon: I use OE to read the newsgroups. The OP's headers showed Google groups as the "reader" |
LOL! Doh!!
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:9f3ca$42dbbbe7$97c5108d$2431@allthenewsgroups .com... Gordon: I use OE to read the newsgroups. The OP's headers showed Google groups as the "reader" |
Gordon wrote: snip, snip Try using a proper news reader instead of Google groups. Thanks Gordon for the advice. I am not happy with google newsgroup at all. AOL spoiled me. Now where can I find a "proper news reader" that is CHEAP? Thank you, Ralphael, the OLD one |
"Ralphael1" wrote in message
oups.com... Gordon wrote: snip, snip Try using a proper news reader instead of Google groups. Thanks Gordon for the advice. I am not happy with google newsgroup at all. AOL spoiled me. Now where can I find a "proper news reader" that is CHEAP? Outlook Express is not bad, comes free with windows. Thunderbird/Mozilla are better, then you've got Free Agent, Xnews, Gravity, to name a few. All free! Have a look he http://www.newsreaders.com/win/clients.html the idea is to try as many as possible, until you find one that suits your type of newsreading. HTH |
"Kassie" wrote in message
... Maybe I'm just stupid, or live to far away from civilisation, but I just use Internet explorer, and log onto http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us, and then enjoy reading all the posts You'll find it MUCH MUCH better if you use a news reader - you've already got one on your PC - it's called Outlook Express. |
Sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Then I have to beg my ISP for an NNTP
server name, and just now pay for that as well. Na, methinks it is easier to browse this website at my leisure. I think it is less restrictive. But hey, as I said before :-) -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Gordon" wrote: "Kassie" wrote in message ... Maybe I'm just stupid, or live to far away from civilisation, but I just use Internet explorer, and log onto http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us, and then enjoy reading all the posts You'll find it MUCH MUCH better if you use a news reader - you've already got one on your PC - it's called Outlook Express. |
"Kassie" wrote in message
... Sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Then I have to beg my ISP for an NNTP server name, and just now pay for that as well. Not for this news server you don't. It's free and you can access it from any ISP. Just use "msnews.microsoft.com" (without the quotes" as your news server. |
Gord: I just added that, and I see 8 messages all dated pre-April, 2005. So
I don't know how, but... that ain't workin'. I pay $6 per month through http://allthenewsgroups.com because Verizon doesn't even have the Excel/Word ones listed and they "don't support newsgroups". ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kassie" wrote in message ... Sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Then I have to beg my ISP for an NNTP server name, and just now pay for that as well. Not for this news server you don't. It's free and you can access it from any ISP. Just use "msnews.microsoft.com" (without the quotes" as your news server. |
There seem to be lots of newsgroups on:
news.verizon.net And this site says Verizon offers 1000's of newsgroups... http://netservices.verizon.net/porta...95c48&case=449 or http://tinyurl.com/bm6e7 But I'd still connect directly to the microsoft servers for the microsoft.public.* groups. Anne Troy wrote: Gord: I just added that, and I see 8 messages all dated pre-April, 2005. So I don't know how, but... that ain't workin'. I pay $6 per month through http://allthenewsgroups.com because Verizon doesn't even have the Excel/Word ones listed and they "don't support newsgroups". ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kassie" wrote in message ... Sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Then I have to beg my ISP for an NNTP server name, and just now pay for that as well. Not for this news server you don't. It's free and you can access it from any ISP. Just use "msnews.microsoft.com" (without the quotes" as your news server. -- Dave Peterson |
Right. Until you try to connect and half the MS newsgroups are missing, so
you call, and they say "Oh, we don't support that. We subscribe to thousands...but we don't take requests or anything." And I can't figure out how to get to news.verizon.net. If I put it in OE, it goes nowhere. If I put it in IE, page cannot be displayed. Am I clueless, or what? :) Thanks for the help. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... There seem to be lots of newsgroups on: news.verizon.net And this site says Verizon offers 1000's of newsgroups... http://netservices.verizon.net/porta...95c48&case=449 or http://tinyurl.com/bm6e7 But I'd still connect directly to the microsoft servers for the microsoft.public.* groups. Anne Troy wrote: Gord: I just added that, and I see 8 messages all dated pre-April, 2005. So I don't know how, but... that ain't workin'. I pay $6 per month through http://allthenewsgroups.com because Verizon doesn't even have the Excel/Word ones listed and they "don't support newsgroups". ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kassie" wrote in message ... Sounds like a lot of hassle to me. Then I have to beg my ISP for an NNTP server name, and just now pay for that as well. Not for this news server you don't. It's free and you can access it from any ISP. Just use "msnews.microsoft.com" (without the quotes" as your news server. -- Dave Peterson |
"Anne Troy" wrote in message
news:d2ce5$42ddea68$97c5108d$12368@allthenewsgroup s.com... Right. Until you try to connect and half the MS newsgroups are missing, Are you actually connecting to the news server "msnews.microsoft.com"? have you added that server as a new News Account? |
Yep. I think so!
I click on Newsgroups. I paste msnews.microsoft.com, and when I get it, I see what I said I saw, you see? :) Thusly: http://officearticles.com/downloads/newsview.jpg Thanks tons for the help! ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:d2ce5$42ddea68$97c5108d$12368@allthenewsgroup s.com... Right. Until you try to connect and half the MS newsgroups are missing, Are you actually connecting to the news server "msnews.microsoft.com"? have you added that server as a new News Account? |
"Anne Troy" wrote in message
news:7f61e$42ddf0fa$97c5108d$19731@allthenewsgroup s.com... Yep. I think so! I click on Newsgroups. I paste msnews.microsoft.com, and when I get it, I see what I said I saw, you see? :) I don't understand what you are doing. What you SHOULD be doing, is in OE, go to Tools-Accounts-Add-News and follow the prompts there, using msnews.microsoft.com in the News Server field. |
Anne Troy wrote: Yep. I think so! I click on Newsgroups. I paste msnews.microsoft.com, and when I get it, I see what I said I saw, you see? :) Thusly: http://officearticles.com/downloads/newsview.jpg Thanks tons for the help! ******************* ~Anne Troy Well Anne, you are smarter than I am...I can't even find the newsgroups. ~Ralphael, the OLD one |
Got it, Gordon. Thanks a ton!! I didn't realize I had to create a different
account for it. Who knew? :) Yer a sweetie for sticking with me. Thanks again. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:7f61e$42ddf0fa$97c5108d$19731@allthenewsgroup s.com... Yep. I think so! I click on Newsgroups. I paste msnews.microsoft.com, and when I get it, I see what I said I saw, you see? :) I don't understand what you are doing. What you SHOULD be doing, is in OE, go to Tools-Accounts-Add-News and follow the prompts there, using msnews.microsoft.com in the News Server field. |
Hi, Ralphael. Well, if you want to learn, I'll teach you! You can reach me
on Yahoo Instant Messenger as vbaexpresser but I'm sorry--I will not install AIM for anybody. :) ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Ralphael1" wrote in message ups.com... Anne Troy wrote: Yep. I think so! I click on Newsgroups. I paste msnews.microsoft.com, and when I get it, I see what I said I saw, you see? :) Thusly: http://officearticles.com/downloads/newsview.jpg Thanks tons for the help! ******************* ~Anne Troy Well Anne, you are smarter than I am...I can't even find the newsgroups. ~Ralphael, the OLD one |
"Anne Troy" wrote in message
... Got it, Gordon. Thanks a ton!! I didn't realize I had to create a different account for it. Who knew? :) Yer a sweetie for sticking with me. Thanks again. ******************* ~Anne Troy You're welcome! Enjoy! |
G'day Anne:
Thanx love but you are talking to the OLD one that failed the class in computer stupid 1. Yahoo Instant Messanger? naw, I don't think so. Many, many thnaks for the help offer. Ralphael, the OLD |
"Ralphael1" wrote in message
oups.com... G'day Anne: Thanx love but you are talking to the OLD one that failed the class in computer stupid 1. Yahoo Instant Messanger? naw, I don't think so. Many, many thnaks for the help offer. Ralphael, the OLD Ralphael, From Chip Pearson's page on connecting directly to the ms server: AOL uses a proprietary news protocol, so an AOL member cannot connect directly to the MS server using AOL's proprietary newsreader. However, an AOL member should be able to use an NNTP newsreader after establishing an Internet connection via AOL Link. I've never used AOL so I cannot help you there but perhaps someone who has will offer to talk you through it - it is certainly well worth it. -- Best wishes Sandy Replace@mailinator with @tiscali.co.uk |
Anne Troy shared this with us in microsoft.public.excel.newusers:
Gordon: I use OE to read the newsgroups. Is it "proper"? No, OE is NOT a "proper" newsreader. According to the GNKSA Evaluations (Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval, http://www.newsreaders.com/gnksa/gnksa-evaluations.html), Outlook Express scores rather bad: Non-passing software The following software FAILS the standards set by the Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval (ordered by percentage of satisfied MUSTs as indicated): OE 4.71: 85% OE 5.00: 77% OE 5.50: 67% Passing Software The following software PASSES all MUSTs as required by the Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval (ordered by percentage of satisfied SHOULDs as indicated): * NewsHound 0.66.7 [100%] (Seal No.: 000015) * Xnews 2.05.10 [100%] (Seal No.: 000012) * AllNews 1.30 [93%] (Seal No.: 000009) * Gnus 5.070044 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.44) [85%] (Seal No.: 000011) * Microplanet Gravity 2.10b3 [70%] (Seal No.: 000007) * Noworyta News Reader 1.6 [67%] (Seal No.: 000021) * Slrn 0.9.5.5 [67%] (Seal No.: 000013) * Turnpike 5.01 [67%] (Seal No.: 000018) These are the only "proper" newsreaders for the Windows platform. Yes that means my current newsreader (Xananews) isn't a proper one. -- Amedee Van Gasse using XanaNews 1.17.5.7 |
G'Gday there People,
These are the only "proper" newsreaders for the Windows platform. Yes that means my current newsreader (Xananews) isn't a proper one. There's also "40tude Dialog" which I'm downloading as I type. It's still in beta, but some of the comments I've read in Blogs, etc. indicate that it's pretty damned good already. Might be worth a look. Written to you from a garden variety Microplanet Gravity. See ya -- Ken McLennan Qld, Australia |
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