THANK YOU ALL !!!

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I am a newbie to this whole process and very
fascinated... I have a BS in computer science, have
worked in this field for over ten years, in one support
role or another. Everyday I learn something new, and
sometimes it is not just what I am trying to learn, but
how I learn it. I am very amazed by this whole
FORUM/BULLETINE BOARD thing and would like to learn more
about how it works.

I have received some very fast responses to all of my
posts and I'm curious how those of you who answer these
question are notified of the posts... I have also found
another sire that seems to download posts from this site
every night at 2:09 or there about (that site seems to be
down at this time).. Can anybody tell me more about how
that and all this works???
 
I am a newbie to this whole process and very
fascinated... I have a BS in computer science, have
worked in this field for over ten years, in one support
role or another. Everyday I learn something new, and
sometimes it is not just what I am trying to learn, but
how I learn it. I am very amazed by this whole
FORUM/BULLETINE BOARD thing and would like to learn more
about how it works.

I have received some very fast responses to all of my
posts and I'm curious how those of you who answer these
question are notified of the posts... I have also found
another sire that seems to download posts from this site
every night at 2:09 or there about (that site seems to be
down at this time).. Can anybody tell me more about how
that and all this works???
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Well, USENET has been around for a while (it grew out of ARPANet; I
was on ARPA in 1974 or so). Messages are propagated using the "NNTP"
protocol; tens of thousands of computers worldwide have "news server"
software that talks to other news servers, often every few seconds,
polling for new messages. Newsreader software connects to a server and
then (automatically or on demand) downloads headers and/or new
messages. You almost surely have Outlook Express installed (not
Outlook, that's a different program altogether) - it's a decent
newsreader and can be set up to point to the news server
msnews.microsoft.com to see the hundreds of newsgroups in the
microsoft.public heirarchy. If you connect to other news servers
you'll find tens of thousands of newsgroups on every subject from
flyfishing to classic cars to pornography to... the very strange.

The Web interface is what's new (newer, anyway) - it's just another
type of newsreader.
 
I have received some very fast responses to all of my
posts and I'm curious how those of you who answer these
question are notified of the posts.
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We simply use a newsreader (in my Case Outlook Express).

Also, a few of use have created databases of our frequent answers, and we
use that to create our answers.

I will say that ON AVERAGE if you your question is well worked, well thought
out, and NOT too long, your question gets answered in less then ONE hour (I
also think this is amazing).

In fact, OFTEN I come into this newsgroup for a quick look at new
questions.and they are ALL answered before I can even get a crack at the
questions!
 
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