That's what I'm hoping for.
I guess it is all up to the major NNTP service providers (GigaNews,
SuperNews, ...). They serve hundreds of local ISPs and mirroring forums. If
they decide to pull the plug on the newsgroups (on a request made by MS),
the groups will disappear pretty fast. Otherwise, I guess they will remain
up and running for a long time.
Yves
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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I wonder? I am currently accessing this newsgroup by a third party, text
based usenet server (Eternal-September), and the OP appears to have
accessed the server via a link from officefrustration.com (about which I
know nothing, but which is one of many forums that piggy back on Usenet).
Even if Microsoft pulls the plug on its newsserver msnews.microsoft.com,
this forum will have a life of its own independently from Microsoft, and I
wouldn't be at all surprised if those countless hangers-on (like
officefrustration.com) will still be connected. Rather than gaining from
the switch-off as Microsoft expects, it could possibly lose from it? Google
Groups for example is probably big enough to ensure that it remains viable.
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"Yves Dhondt" wrote in message
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Welcome, but you are a bit late to the party as "Effective June 1, 2010
this newsgroup will be closed." according to Microsoft.
Yves
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