The problems with the 'new bridge' will be exactly the same as with the old
one. The only changes are that the port is now configurable and that it
connects to the same service on a different server. Basically they split the
load and that's it. I guess the upside is that there are now less other
forums/threads where your post might end up if it goes wrong again.

For the people who can't run the original NNTP bridge because they have
already running something on port 119, this implementation could be a
workaround. All they would have to do is copy the files from the new bridge
to another directory, and edit NntpBridge.exe.config. If they change the
ForumsWebServiceUrl to the old one, and set the NntpServerPort to something
they like, they are good to go.

Yves

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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OK the link to the new bridge is now working - which is more than can be
said for the bridge. Let's hope it is sorted out over the weekend

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Almost certainly the newsgroups will live on. What is changing is the
link to Microsoft's help forums, which (like many other similar web
forums) have been interfaced with the MS News server so what appears in
one medium should also appear in another. In future that link will be
broken and the help forums will change. NNTP access will then only be
available to the new Microsoft Answers forum via the NNTP Bridge. A new
bridge for that purpose was supposed to be available yesterday, but so
far I see no sign of it at http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/

Because of the way newsgroups are peered in Usenet, they will have a life
of their own even if/when Microsoft turns off their server. You will of
course need to find another text newsgroup server if you wish to continue
using them. There are plenty out there to choose from. Your ISP may
provide a news feed and that would be the first place to look. After that
you need to look for free text based news servers. They should also
continue to be available via Google Groups.

Inevitably as Microsoft steers its users elsewhere for their help,
traffic levels on the newsgroups will fall, and moderation may go out of
the window as Microsoft will not be spam filtering

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Robert Macy" wrote in message
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How many, which ones, of microsoftusenet groups will disappear?

Will this one, too?