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[raskew via AccessMonster.com]

I've been with this forum for more than a few years.

Several issues have constantly irritated me. Please, if I've missed
something, put me out of my misery.

1) Inability to edit a previously submitted post.

2) No mechanism to contact forum administrators, other than to report SPAM,
etc..

3) No mechanism to format input, e.g. , , ,

, as found in virtually every other forum.

Best wishes - Bob

 

[John W. Vinson]

I've been with this forum for more than a few years.

Several issues have constantly irritated me. Please, if I've missed
something, put me out of my misery.

1) Inability to edit a previously submitted post.

The fundamental data storage mechanism of this forum is NNTP. AccessMonster
(like other third-party users) connect to the newsgroups, but do not operate
or control them. The way NNTP works is by making copies of the text posted by
a user to *every news server in the world* who subscribes to the particular
newsgroup. The "parent" newsgroups, so to speak, are on Microsoft's servers
(under the names msnews.microsoft.com or news.microsoft.com), but any news
server connected to Usenet can choose to provide the newsgroup. As a rule,
messages once posted are read -only (to prevent spammers or other mischief
makers from editing other people's messages; there is no logon or security to
prevent such.

2) No mechanism to contact forum administrators, other than to report SPAM,
etc..

Since there are no forum administrators on this non-moderated newsgroup,
you're correct.

3) No mechanism to format input, e.g. , , ,

, as found in virtually every other forum.

And since it isn't a web forum but a text based newsgroup, that's expected as
well.

Just because YOU are choosing to use a webpage as your newsreader doesn't mean
that the newsgroup is a webpage. It isn't. It's a *TEXT* forum of a type which
existed before the World Wide Web was ever created, going back to ARPANet in
the 1970's.

 

[Michel Walsh]

3)

In fact, you can also send the message in HTTP, but that is not recommended.


Vanderghast, Access MVP

 

[John W. Vinson]

3)

In fact, you can also send the message in HTTP, but that is not recommended.

<B>Well, I should say it's <I>NOT!</I></B><BR><BR>