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I'd say this newsgroup doesn't work.....its been setting
on 5:47 for 5 minutes..............

Maybe I don't understand how a newsgroup works; I thought
this was supposed to respond; I think I am wasting my
time......once again with Microsoft web site. That's
probably the reason why I don't use these things more
often...the response is zip.
 
This newsgroup is only visited by volunteers, who may or may not answer
any question, and are using their own time to do so. There's no
guarantee you will get an answer, but if you start with a descriptive
subject line, include your Outlook version, and are as descriptive about
your problem as possible, your chances of getting an answer are much
better.

Incidentally, I just responded to your previous post (which I did not
read until a few minutes ago because I only have a limited time each day
to read and respond to newsgroup messages.)

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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BH said:
I'd say this newsgroup doesn't work.....its been setting
on 5:47 for 5 minutes..............

Maybe I don't understand how a newsgroup works; I thought
this was supposed to respond; I think I am wasting my
time......once again with Microsoft web site. That's
probably the reason why I don't use these things more
often...the response is zip.
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Newsgroups are NOT chat rooms. Don't expect to imbibe in instant
prattle with an online community. It is a repository where you leave
your post, wait awhile, and then check back to see if anyone answered
it. It's like e-mail: you send it, you don't know if the recipient read
it, you might not get an answer, or you might. It isn't a big party
line where a bunch of folks with nothing better to do than prattle just
sit around desparately awaiting that next precious tid bit of dialogue.
Although there are exceptions, most posters and respondents actually
have to think a bit to compose their message than just spew something
out within seconds because they might not have the distinction of the
first one to respond.
 
Thanks for both.....didn't understand how they work as
never used one before. PS is there a fix for the Owner
problem? I am the only email using Outlook. Can't figure
out how another name got in there and how to get it out
then if that is the case.

I should not have someone else's name on my data.
 
BH said:
Thanks for both.....didn't understand how they work as
never used one before. PS is there a fix for the Owner
problem? I am the only email using Outlook. Can't figure
out how another name got in there and how to get it out
then if that is the case.
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So by "Owner" do you mean the name presented in the From field?

There are lots of John Smith's in the world and the same name is used by
all of them. I'm sure they get used to having someone around with their
same name. You expect a short 2-letter "BH" name to be all yours? I
notice you didn't get "BH" to use at msn.com for your username because
obviously someone got to it long before you. However, in newsgroups,
the name presented is whatever you put in the Name field in your news
account. You could leave it blank (if your news program allowed it),
could be the same as someone else's (either accidentally or
intentionally), could be anything you want. You could even use my
handle and there is no way for me to stop you. Unlike forums or chat
rooms or e-mail accounts that you have to register to use and which
check that another users isn't already using that name, newsgroups don't
require registration. You could call yourself "Viagra Man-Wanna-Be" or
"Totally Anti-Social" or "I Have No Life" or whatever you want, and so
can someone else. Use a handle that seems unique enough or descriptive
for you and hope you stick around longer than the other guy so you
become the resident taffer by that handle, or change yours to something
else (but no guarantees that it will remain unique).
 
Go into your e-mail account properties and make sure they all show your
name. If they do, you may have to delete them all and recreate them.
As a test, you might want to temporarily delete the name associated with
one of your e-mail accounts, then close and restart Outlook and try to
print something and see what it tries to print at the top. If it says
"unknown", you'll know what the problem was.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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He's referring to his earlier post ("Owner Problem" was the subject
line).

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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