Have I been blacklisted?

[Dave Gillingham]

Some weeks ago I posted a query about menus not pulling down under my mouse
pointer. No replies - at least, not on my isp's server. Fortunately, I was
eventually able to resolve that one myself.

On 12/02/2009 I posted the query "re WinXP Events & associated sounds". Again
no reply.

But I see reply threads to many other queries. Have I offended some protocol?
Dave Gillingham

 

[W****n S***********g]

Some weeks ago I posted a query about menus not pulling down under my
mouse
pointer. No replies - at least, not on my isp's server. Fortunately, I
was
eventually able to resolve that one myself.

On 12/02/2009 I posted the query "re WinXP Events & associated sounds".
Again
no reply.

But I see reply threads to many other queries. Have I offended some
protocol?
Dave Gillingham

It is a "newsgroup."

If people have the answer they will respond, but sometimes after a period of
time.

Or, they will tell you that you should have looked it up on Google.

 

[RobertVA]

Some weeks ago I posted a query about menus not pulling down under my mouse
pointer. No replies - at least, not on my isp's server. Fortunately, I was
eventually able to resolve that one myself.

On 12/02/2009 I posted the query "re WinXP Events & associated sounds". Again
no reply.

But I see reply threads to many other queries. Have I offended some protocol?
Dave Gillingham

Unfortunately the date-month/month-date thing isn't standardized. For a
few seconds I was wondering if you had mistyped the date (Dec 2, 2009
instead of Dec 2, 2008). I found your Feb 12 post on Microsoft's server
though.

Was your other post you were mentioning the Feb 4 one about "Lost Start
menu Animation"? That's the only other one I see on Microsoft's server.
I am using a news reader that is able to sort by the "sender/from" field.

Maybe there was confusion over your post being labeled "Re WinXp Events
& associated sounds" since "re" is typically used to indicate that a
message is a reply.

Then again, Maybe no one knew (or knows) where there is a list of events
that Windows can associate with a sound. I believe some applications are
coded to add to that list, so any list may be incomplete.

Perhaps no one knows what is causing your menu issues either.

 

[Alan Edwards]

No, you haven't been blacklisted.

Your question two weeks ago was answered.
From: Dave Gillingham <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Subject: Lost Start Menu Animation
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:09:43 +1000
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Perhaps you should use the Microsoft server instead of that of your
ISP. (msnews.microsoft.com)

Your message "re WinXP Events & associated sounds" has not been
answered, though I (and perhaps others did the same) skipped over it
as it started with "re" and I assumed it a reply. Maybe next time use
a subject like: "WinXP Events & associated sounds"?
If you repost, include the items that you need help on, as many
programs can put sounds in Sounds & Audio Devices.

....Alan

 

[Dave Gillingham]

OK - isp server problem - seems to selectively retain. Now finally set up for
microsoft's own server & seems to work fine. Thanks for the advice. Now I'll
post my Windows sounds query again.

No, you haven't been blacklisted.

Your question two weeks ago was answered.
From: Dave Gillingham <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Subject: Lost Start Menu Animation
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:09:43 +1000
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Perhaps you should use the Microsoft server instead of that of your
ISP. (msnews.microsoft.com)

Your message "re WinXP Events & associated sounds" has not been
answered, though I (and perhaps others did the same) skipped over it
as it started with "re" and I assumed it a reply. Maybe next time use
a subject like: "WinXP Events & associated sounds"?
If you repost, include the items that you need help on, as many
programs can put sounds in Sounds & Audio Devices.

...Alan

Dave Gillingham