Douglas Steele, Arvin Meyer, Tony Toews, John Spencer, Duane Hookum, Allen Browne, etc

"Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote in
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"David W. Fenton" wrote:

Which access groups are you major gurus, who answer all the
difficult questions here, going to be helping with your
expertise once these microsoft groups go away next week?

They aren't going to go away. Only MS's news server is going to go
away, and I don't use it.

But traffic will be down a lot, maybe as much as 90%, as many
folks use the online forums to ask questions.

We'll see!

The question was about the "gurus," though, and I think most of
those hate the online discussion forums, so use direct NNTP. That
means they'll still be posting, I suspect.

--
David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

I'm bummed... since I've got this part-time Access dev job for the past
couple of years, I've made many great apps that make life easier for so many
in our org, and it's due to this site and the many MVPs and others that have
supported this site. When I needed help making something work, I came
here... when I wanted to just browse items to learn more, I came here...
when I've exhausted all my brain cells and needed some ideas or answers, I
came here... There is so much great info here that I got lazy and made this
my first 'GO TO' place when I design apps...
I just hope there's a site I can get to (that I can access from DoD sources)
that has this great group of people, silmilar knowledge base, and
organization. Thank you all.

"Daniel Pineault" wrote:

MS is closing down the NNTP newsgroups, haven't you heard! See:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...d-87186dbf0251

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...d-09beaee88e7f
--
Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
http://www.cardaconsultants.com/
For Access Tips and Examples: http://www.devhut.net
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"Maarkr" wrote:

you have a link or ref that tells about this group going away? I'm here
about every day...

"M Skabialka" wrote:

Which access groups are you major gurus, who answer all the difficult
questions here, going to be helping with your expertise once these microsoft
groups go away next week? All I have found so far for Access is
msdn.en-US.accessdev, but haven't seem you posting there...

You have all given us so much great advice, either directly or indirectly
though these microsoft.public.access.xxxx groups, and would like to follow
you wherever your expertise leads you.

Thanks, O Great Ones!
Mich




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you have a link or ref that tells about this group going away? I'm here
about every day...

"M Skabialka" wrote:

Which access groups are you major gurus, who answer all the difficult
questions here, going to be helping with your expertise once these microsoft
groups go away next week? All I have found so far for Access is
msdn.en-US.accessdev, but haven't seem you posting there...

You have all given us so much great advice, either directly or indirectly
though these microsoft.public.access.xxxx groups, and would like to follow
you wherever your expertise leads you.

Thanks, O Great Ones!
Mich




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MS is closing down the NNTP newsgroups, haven't you heard! See:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...d-87186dbf0251

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...d-09beaee88e7f
--
Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
http://www.cardaconsultants.com/
For Access Tips and Examples: http://www.devhut.net
Please rate this post using the vote buttons if it was helpful.



"Maarkr" wrote:

you have a link or ref that tells about this group going away? I'm here
about every day...

"M Skabialka" wrote:

Which access groups are you major gurus, who answer all the difficult
questions here, going to be helping with your expertise once these microsoft
groups go away next week? All I have found so far for Access is
msdn.en-US.accessdev, but haven't seem you posting there...

You have all given us so much great advice, either directly or indirectly
though these microsoft.public.access.xxxx groups, and would like to follow
you wherever your expertise leads you.

Thanks, O Great Ones!
Mich




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I knew this was going to happen, but I didn't know it was SOOOOOOOOOO soon!
I sort of thought it was months down the line and I didn't think to ask.
What are we all going to do without you guys all in one place? I will look
up NNTP and Thunderbird, but haven't heard of either. I am absolutely
devastated.

"John Spencer" wrote:

I don't know at this point.

I am still ticked off at the change. I will find a new home someplace. Not
for Microsoft's benefit, but for the benefit of the people that need help. I
enjoy helping and feel especially good when someone posts back with a thank
you message.

I've used NNTP via Thunderbird for the simple reason that it is efficient for
me to scan through a large number of posts quickly. Most of the web-based
sites slow me down considerably and I find more complex to use.

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

M Skabialka wrote:
Which access groups are you major gurus, who answer all the difficult
questions here, going to be helping with your expertise once these microsoft
groups go away next week? All I have found so far for Access is
msdn.en-US.accessdev, but haven't seem you posting there...

You have all given us so much great advice, either directly or indirectly
though these microsoft.public.access.xxxx groups, and would like to follow
you wherever your expertise leads you.

Thanks, O Great Ones!
Mich




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Yes, msnews.micfosoft.com strikes again. First they told us this
group would close some time before October, then they told us
which (other) groups would close June 1, but not this one, then
they "reminded" us that this group was going to close June 1
after all, but not the other ones which will close later. Faaah.

(david)


"Owl" wrote in message
...
I knew this was going to happen, but I didn't know it was SOOOOOOOOOO soon!
I sort of thought it was months down the line and I didn't think to ask.
What are we all going to do without you guys all in one place? I will
look
up NNTP and Thunderbird, but haven't heard of either. I am absolutely
devastated.

"John Spencer" wrote:

I don't know at this point.

I am still ticked off at the change. I will find a new home someplace.
Not
for Microsoft's benefit, but for the benefit of the people that need
help. I
enjoy helping and feel especially good when someone posts back with a
thank
you message.

I've used NNTP via Thunderbird for the simple reason that it is efficient
for
me to scan through a large number of posts quickly. Most of the
web-based
sites slow me down considerably and I find more complex to use.

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

M Skabialka wrote:
Which access groups are you major gurus, who answer all the difficult
questions here, going to be helping with your expertise once these
microsoft
groups go away next week? All I have found so far for Access is
msdn.en-US.accessdev, but haven't seem you posting there...

You have all given us so much great advice, either directly or
indirectly
though these microsoft.public.access.xxxx groups, and would like to
follow
you wherever your expertise leads you.

Thanks, O Great Ones!
Mich




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