On Thu, 8 May 2008 11:49:16 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@unknown-email.com>
wrote:

>
> Ken Blake, MVP;706314 Wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 May 2008 00:40:03 -0500, t-4-2 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > John Eddy;705893 Wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Not Me;705907 Wrote:
> > > > 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.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

> Thank you. I am now using the msnews.microsoft.com. It's the same as
> the ones on Microsoft Communities which is provided by Windows, and as
> stated before, I don't like it. I felt confined, and worst of all, I
> don't get notified if I have replies on my threads. Who wants to scroll
> to my threads ,which will be all over, and find out if I have replies or
> not ??


Notifying you of activity in threads in which you are participating is
not a function of the news server, it's a function of the newsgroup
client you are using.

Some newsgroup clients can do this, but others may not. I'm using
Forte Agent here. I have it set to mark threads in which I'm
participating as "watched" and I have messages sorted to display
watched threads first.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup