Have the newsgroups been shut down?

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C Wood

I have not been able to get through for several days. Are
the newsgroups still in business?
 
I have not been able to get through for several days. Are
the newsgroups still in business?
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Very actively so. I'm having trouble keeping up with the six I try to
follow!

If you're using the Microsoft webpage link

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx

it's been having problems, due to the inundation of the newsgroups
with the SWEN virus and other such issues. You might want to use
Outlook Express or another USENET newsreader (such as Free Agent from
http://www.forteinc.com). You can use msnews.microsoft.com as the News
Server in the options. The newsgroups webpage is not the newsgroup!
It's merely a method of getting TO the newsgroup, and IMHO it's far
from the best method.

Copied to EMail, just in case you have trouble finding this answer;
please reply to the newsgroup.
 
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