hi, can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? TIA ? Andy
On 18/06/2008 in message Andy Fish wrote: >hi, > >can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is > >it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through >any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? Yes you do. Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself a posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! -- Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant
Jeff Gaines wrote: > On 18/06/2008 in message Andy > Fish wrote: > >> hi, >> >> can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is >> >> it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available >> through any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having >> MSDN ? > > Yes you do. > > Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself > a posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are > guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! Just remember that not all the group are managed - only those listed on the managed groups page. D
thanks - that's cool :-) just to confirm - once i have registered my email alias (i.e. in this case ajfish@blueyonder.co.uk) can I use whatever mechanism I like to actually post to the group (e.g. google groups or my existing NNTP server) or does it only work if i submit through MSDN? "Jeff Gaines" <whitedragon@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message news:xn0frkt12ckv140004@msnews.microsoft.com... > On 18/06/2008 in message Andy Fish > wrote: > >>hi, >> >>can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is >> >>it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through >>any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? > > Yes you do. > > Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself a > posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are > guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! > > -- > Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK > The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant
It should work if you use your newsreader as well. Keep in mind, you must have an MSDN subscription that has the managed newsgroups. Hope this helps, Mark Fitzpatrick Microsoft MVP - Expression "Andy Fish" wrote in message news:OLe0yLU0IHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > thanks - that's cool :-) > > just to confirm - once i have registered my email alias (i.e. in this case > ajfish@blueyonder.co.uk) can I use whatever mechanism I like to actually > post to the group (e.g. google groups or my existing NNTP server) or does > it only work if i submit through MSDN? > > "Jeff Gaines" <whitedragon@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message > news:xn0frkt12ckv140004@msnews.microsoft.com... >> On 18/06/2008 in message Andy >> Fish wrote: >> >>>hi, >>> >>>can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is >>> >>>it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through >>>any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? >> >> Yes you do. >> >> Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself >> a posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are >> guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! >> >> -- >> Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK >> The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant > >
"Andy Fish" wrote: > hi, > > can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is > > it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through any > news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? > > TIA ? > > Andy > > >
"David Hearn" wrote: > Jeff Gaines wrote: > > On 18/06/2008 in message Andy > > Fish wrote: > > > >> hi, > >> > >> can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is > >> > >> it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available > >> through any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having > >> MSDN ? > > > > Yes you do. > > > > Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself > > a posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are > > guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! > > Just remember that not all the group are managed - only those listed on > the managed groups page. > > D >
"Jeff Gaines" wrote: > On 18/06/2008 in message Andy Fish > wrote: > > >hi, > > > >can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is > > > >it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through > >any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? > > Yes you do. > > Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself a > posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are > guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! > > -- > Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK > The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant >
"Andy Fish" wrote: > thanks - that's cool :-) > > just to confirm - once i have registered my email alias (i.e. in this case > ajfish@blueyonder.co.uk) can I use whatever mechanism I like to actually > post to the group (e.g. google groups or my existing NNTP server) or does it > only work if i submit through MSDN? > > "Jeff Gaines" <whitedragon@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message > news:xn0frkt12ckv140004@msnews.microsoft.com... > > On 18/06/2008 in message Andy Fish > > wrote: > > > >>hi, > >> > >>can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is > >> > >>it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through > >>any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? > > > > Yes you do. > > > > Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself a > > posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are > > guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! > > > > -- > > Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK > > The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant > > >
"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote: > It should work if you use your newsreader as well. Keep in mind, you must > have an MSDN subscription that has the managed newsgroups. > > Hope this helps, > Mark Fitzpatrick > Microsoft MVP - Expression > > "Andy Fish" wrote in message > news:OLe0yLU0IHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > thanks - that's cool :-) > > > > just to confirm - once i have registered my email alias (i.e. in this case > > ajfish@blueyonder.co.uk) can I use whatever mechanism I like to actually > > post to the group (e.g. google groups or my existing NNTP server) or does > > it only work if i submit through MSDN? > > > > "Jeff Gaines" <whitedragon@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message > > news:xn0frkt12ckv140004@msnews.microsoft.com... > >> On 18/06/2008 in message Andy > >> Fish wrote: > >> > >>>hi, > >>> > >>>can anyone explain what "msdn managed newgroups" is > >>> > >>>it seems to be just the microsoft.public... newsgroups available through > >>>any news server. do i get any additional benefits from having MSDN ? > >> > >> Yes you do. > >> > >> Follow the links to managed newsgroups on the MSDN site and get yourself > >> a posting name. If you use it to post in the managed groups you are > >> guaranteed a response within 48 hours. It works very well! > >> > >> -- > >> Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK > >> The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant > > > > >
