Controlling Spell Checker

[tina]

as Doug said, you can't. what i do is add a Watch to threads that i respond
to, or that interest me, and have the messages pane sorted by the Watch
column, so those threads are always at the top. in Tools | Options | Read
tab, i set the Watched messages to color Blue. as i go through each
newsgroup and download new posts, each newsgroup name in the Folders pane
turns blue if there is an unread message on a Watched thread in that ng.
easy to go through and read new messages on those threads.

hth

 

[Neil]

Good to know. Plus, I also like to post in CDMA, so that would make it hard
to do.

I wonder if Google Groups has such a feature. I know you can search for
replies to your messages. But I wonder if there's a notification option.

 

[Neil]

Yes, that's what I do now. But, since I don't post frequently, and am not in
the newsgroup all the time, it means I have to keep coming here just to
check if I have messages. Being notified would be so much easier. Plus, if
someone posts a message, say, a week after the thread has died down, I don't
get it, because I've stopped looking at the thread.

 

[Neil]

Yes, per the response I just posted to Arvin, I use the watch property after
finding threads that I'm looking for replies to, etc. But it would be nice
to be notified. I miss that about Compuserve, back in the good ole days,
when Compuserve was the place to go for technical information. At least
you'd get notified. And if you didn't read a post after a certain amount of
time, it would scroll to you via e-mail, instead of getting lost forever as
in the newsgroups (well, I guess with Google archiving everything, that's
not true anymore). Still, those were the good ole days...... :'-(

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hi Neil,

If you'd like to try the web portal, then try this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.access&exp=1

You'll need to have a Microsoft Passport to post questions, but the sign-up
process is pretty easy. To find this thread, click on this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cess&mid=15c6359f-19aa-4e65-ac85-87f097b73c4a

As painful as the web interface can be at times, I do like receiving e-mail
notifications, and being able to follow up on questions from any web enabled
PC.


Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom
http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
__________________________________________

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Oops. The web portal was hiccuping earlier with a "Service not available"
message. I thought I had the correct URL copied in when I wrote, earlier: "To
find this thread, click on this link: ~~~~~~~~~~"

Try this URL instead:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...cess&mid=9a9733af-b036-499a-ac8e-c107afc152e2


Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom
http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/expert_contributors.html
__________________________________________

 

[Neil]

Thanks, Tom. Since I always cross-post my messages in the CDMA newsgroup, it
would be a pain to have to use two methods (web portal and Outlook Express).
But thanks anyway.

I might consider using Google Groups to post. I think (but not sure) they
have some sort of notification there.