What happens to questions that are asked Craig 12/25/2008 3:18:01 AM I asked a question and received an email stating there was a response. I click on the link and nothing just a blank page. Here is the link. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/aspx/notifauth.aspx?url=http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx%3fdg%3dmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%26mid%3df3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924

Re: What happens to questions that are asked "David [MSFT]" <dgould[ at ]microsoft.com> 12/25/2008 4:00:05 AM If the web interface for newsgroups isn't working for you, I recommend giving Windows Live Mail a try. You're already using it for E-Mail, so why not use it for newsgroups too? In the lower left corner of the main window in Windows Live Mail, you'll see some icons. The first one is for Mail. One of the other icons (the order differs based on your version of Windows Live Mail) is for News. If you click it, you'll see an interface very similar to your E-Mail. You may already have the Microsoft Communities newsgroup set up. If not, just add news.microsoft.com as a newsgroup account. The wizard will ask whether you have to login, but you can skip that section. Don't forget to subscribe to microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop from the list of newsgroups. Speaking as a user, I find it really convenient to have access to E-Mail, RSS feeds, calendars, and news all from one application - Windows Live Mail. Anyway, that's my personal recommendation. I know nothing of the web interface to the newsgroups, so I really can't help with that. Thanks for using Windows Live Mail! David [MSFT] "Craig" <Craig[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BAA339C0-ECC9-4F39-A2EE-404DF546BFB7[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I asked a question and received an email stating there was a response. I > click on the link and nothing just a blank page. Here is the link. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/aspx/notifauth.aspx?url=http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx%3fdg%3dmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%26mid%3df3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924

Re: What happens to questions that are asked "...winston" <winstonmvp[ at ]gmail.com> 12/25/2008 5:53:14 AM Open WLM Tools/Newsgroups Ensure Microsoft Communities is the default news account Then click on this link news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop -- ...winston ms-mvp mail "David [MSFT]" <dgould[ at ]microsoft.com> wrote in message news:#gEOHVkZJHA.4824[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > If the web interface for newsgroups isn't working for you, I recommend giving Windows Live Mail a try. You're already using it > for E-Mail, so why not use it for newsgroups too? > > In the lower left corner of the main window in Windows Live Mail, you'll see some icons. The first one is for Mail. One of the > other icons (the order differs based on your version of Windows Live Mail) is for News. If you click it, you'll see an interface > very similar to your E-Mail. You may already have the Microsoft Communities newsgroup set up. If not, just add > news.microsoft.com as a newsgroup account. The wizard will ask whether you have to login, but you can skip that section. Don't > forget to subscribe to microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop from the list of newsgroups. > > Speaking as a user, I find it really convenient to have access to E-Mail, RSS feeds, calendars, and news all from one > application - Windows Live Mail. > > Anyway, that's my personal recommendation. I know nothing of the web interface to the newsgroups, so I really can't help with > that. > > > Thanks for using Windows Live Mail! > David [MSFT] > > > "Craig" <Craig[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BAA339C0-ECC9-4F39-A2EE-404DF546BFB7[ at ]microsoft.com... >> I asked a question and received an email stating there was a response. I >> click on the link and nothing just a blank page. Here is the link. >> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/aspx/notifauth.aspx?url=http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx%3fdg%3dmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%26mid%3df3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924 >

Re: What happens to questions that are asked "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald[ at ]techemail.com> 12/25/2008 7:51:43 PM "Craig" <Craig[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BAA339C0-ECC9-4F39-A2EE-404DF546BFB7[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I asked a question and received an email stating there was a response. I > click on the link and nothing just a blank page. Here is the link. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/aspx/notifauth.aspx?url=http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx%3fdg%3dmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%26mid%3df3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924 That feature of the web interface is often flakey. Apparently there is something often broken with the redirect it would imply. However, you can always extract and decode the implied URL to figure out where you would have been sent... http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop&mid=f3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924 Hmm... looks like you haven't given us the whole thing? Perhaps it was chopped into two pieces? In any case use the same idea once you assemble the whole thing. E.g. extract the value of the &url= parameter and then within that replace anything that looks like hex encoded ASCII by its real character. For example, in the above URL I replaced %3F %3D and %26 by ? = and & respectively. Use the charmap utility for other translations when you need more help. E.g. %2F for / is one that you may also need in this scenario. Etc. Good luck Robert Aldwinckle ---

Re: What happens to questions that are asked Craig 12/31/2008 2:01:00 AM I was getting a blank page or no new posts from Dec 23rd. I was finally able to see new posts and the posts I had submitted. I turned off Protected Mode. Worked for me. Wonder why a Microsoft site would be unviewable if protected mode is on? Weird "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > > "Craig" <Craig[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BAA339C0-ECC9-4F39-A2EE-404DF546BFB7[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I asked a question and received an email stating there was a response. I > > click on the link and nothing just a blank page. Here is the link. > > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/aspx/notifauth.aspx?url=http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx%3fdg%3dmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%26mid%3df3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924 > > That feature of the web interface is often flakey. Apparently there is > something often broken with the redirect it would imply. > > However, you can always extract and decode the implied URL to figure > out where you would have been sent... > > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop&mid=f3ee92ef-1df0-4c1f-8ad6-6d466db53924 > > Hmm... looks like you haven't given us the whole thing? Perhaps it was > chopped into two pieces? > > In any case use the same idea once you assemble the whole thing. > E.g. extract the value of the &url= parameter and then within that > replace anything that looks like hex encoded ASCII by its real character. > For example, in the above URL I replaced %3F %3D and %26 > by ? = and & respectively. Use the charmap utility for other translations > when you need more help. E.g. %2F for / is one that you may > also need in this scenario. Etc. > > > Good luck > > Robert Aldwinckle > --- > > >