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Old May 8th, 2010, 07:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
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Default Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/

Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
active ones throughout the course of the next six months.

When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ddpubs/threads

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to


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Old May 9th, 2010, 06:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Jaime[_5_]
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Default Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

It will happen after June 1.
--
James
Bart: "According to creationism, there were no cavemen."
Homer: "Well good riddance, their drawings sucked and they all looked like
hippies!"

"bj" wrote in message
...
"Erika Katz" wrote in message
g.com...
wrote:
What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.


So this newsgroup is among the first to close! :-(


I've seen that same date message on several groups. I haven't yet seen
anything different, but I haven't looked at *all* the groups.
bj


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Old May 9th, 2010, 09:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.publisher
Rob Giordano [MS MVP]
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Default Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

some of the less used ones are already gone

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web






"Jaime" wrote in message
...
It will happen after June 1.
--
James
Bart: "According to creationism, there were no cavemen."
Homer: "Well good riddance, their drawings sucked and they all looked like
hippies!"

"bj" wrote in message
...
"Erika Katz" wrote in message
g.com...
wrote:
What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010
and
October 1, 2010. When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.


So this newsgroup is among the first to close! :-(


I've seen that same date message on several groups. I haven't yet seen
anything different, but I haven't looked at *all* the groups.
bj



 




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