On Thu, 8 May 2008 00:40:03 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@unknown-email.com>
wrote:

>
> John Eddy;705893 Wrote:
> > >> the news server (NNTP) this group is on is msnews.microsoft.com> > >
> > > > No it's not. It's on news.panix.com.
> > > > > >
> >
> > Half right.
> > 'It's on news.panix.com' - Correct.
> > 'No it's not' - not correct, since, in fact, the news group is,
> > indeed, on
> > msnews.microsoft.com.
> > --
> > John Eddy
>
> Not Me;705907 Wrote:
> > IT MAY BE MIRRORED TO THERE, BUT THE PRIMARY LOCATION IS THE ONE I GAVE.
> >
> > "the wharf rat" <wrat@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:fvu0kg$5ar$1@xxxxxx> > >
> > > > In article <27482433-94E8-4B9B-8AFB-31EC3DFEE46E@xxxxxx>,
> > > > Not Me <cargodZeroOne@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > No it's not. It's on news.panix.com.
> > > > > >
> OK, guys and gals. Which one do I use ?? "news.panx.com " or
> msnews.microsoft.com" . Don't fight, but I'd like to know which.


This is primarily a newsgroup hosted by microsoft at the news server
msnews.microsoft.com. Like almost all other newsgroups, it is also
mirrored to hundred or thousands of other news servers all over the
world (including, but certainly not limited to, news.panix.com).

You can use any news server you want that carries the newsgroup, but I
recommend msnews.microsoft.com, since that's what most of us here use,
and will therefore give you the quickest access to posted messages.

From a practical standpoint, you have two main choices: use the server
Microsoft provides, msnews.microsoft.com, or use the news server your
ISP provides (if they do; ask them). Other news servers are available,
but some of them will charge you, and some others carry fewer
newsgroups or have restrictions on what you can do. There's certainly
no reason to choose any other than Microsoft's or your ISP's, unless
you also want access to newsgroups that you can't get on one of those.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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