Discussion not notifying me of replies

[PG]

I've been ticking the "NOTIFY ME OF REPLIES' box on posts, but i'm not being
notified. Anyone else having the same problem? anyone know a fix?
thanks. Peter

 

[Rob Schneider]

Depends entirely on your "host" for this newsgroup. Ask the support
staff for the newsgroup-frontend server you are using.



--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[JulieS]

Hi Peter,

Yes, sorry this is an ongoing issue with the web interface to the
newsgroups.

You may find using google groups works much better, or as Rob
noted, a newsreader (Agent, Thunderbird, OutlookExpress) to read
and post to the newsgroup might be a better choice.

See FAQ #24 at http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm for details on
the addresses of the newsgroups and news server information.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[PG]

Hi Julie, sorry for the belated reply....again i was'nt notified of any
replies, and i've been ill with nasty flu, so just back on discussion today.

I opened this message within google groups, but dont see anyway to reply to
messages, so thats not user friendly. I so want to find a one stop solution
to using this discussion site, as its very valuable. I don't understand how
i can read & posting from a newsreader. I use MS outlook. is this a news
reader??? and if so, how do i access this discussion group via MS outlook??

Re using IE (internet explorer), even navigating around the discussion site
in is so slowwwww, and i keep getting a msg to install silverlight, which
wont install after 10 attempts. Its ironic that this micorsoft hosted
website does not work properly with MS IE. I'm sure we'd have many more users
if it did. do you know if it works better from another browser like firefox
or google chrome.
thanks again
PEter

 

[Rob Schneider]

In Google's reader (google.groups.com), click link to a message. At the
bottom of the message there is a link (in blue on my machine) which is
"reply". You might need a Google account to do this and the lack of an
account may explain why you don't see it. how to get an account is also
available on the pages via a link. Google provides help pages which
explain all this.

I don't remember if Outlook does news group feeds. For years I have
used Mozilla's Thunderbird. Download for free www.mozilla.org.

--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[JulieS]

Hi Peter,
Glad to hear you're on the mend.

You can use Thunderbird (as Rob mentions and I use) or if you
have Windows XP you could use Outlook Express which is built in.
I don't know if full Outlook has newsreader capability -- I
prefer to keep my newsreader and regular email separate.

To use a newsreader you'll need to set up the newsreader to view:
news://msnews.microsoft.com

This newsgroup is:
Microsoft.public.project

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[PG]

Hi Julie, unfortunately I'm far from on the mend.

Just recapping on my goal - to be able to use/read this discussion group,
in a way where i can reply (safely), and be notified of replies to my posts.

THE OBSTACLES.
-----When I view discussion via IE, the layout is great, but i'm not
notified of replies. Also search function is unreliable. Eg, i search for
"password" and a post of mine with password in the title does not come up.
-------When i use google groups (and log in), the view is not good...not
nicely laid out like on IE, but searching is good. I can reply to posts, but
i get a warning that if i reply my email address will be made public.
-------Thunderbird. i've never used before but thought to check out how a
'newsreader' could help. I can only see its email functions (which i don't
want) and cant find anything about 'newsreader'. do a help search and nothing
comes up. So how does one use thunderbird to see whats posted on discussion??

so i'm having bad technical experiences with discussion, but hope to find a
'sane' solution, as the discussion itself is great... just the IT technology
side of it seems to be full of bugs.
thanks for listening
Peter

 

[Rob Schneider]

PG,

"IE" is just the browser. It has nothing to do how the web site works.
How good searching a web site works is 100% dependent on how the
developers and operators of that web site make it work. Discuss this
with those people.

Re Google not meeting your needs .. then don't use it. Many others find
it more than good enough. I continue to be amazed that the Google people
were able to develop such a sophisticated internet application within a
browser. Amazing.

Re Thunderbird. I don't have the Windows version of Thunderbird handy
at the moment to look for the specific commands to setup a connection to
a newsgroup server. I'm sure this is discussed in Help and I just used
Google to search for "thunderbird newsgroup" and found
http://csg.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/tips/news/tbird on the first page.

To be notified of replies to you posts, you need to find a web service
that provides that service. AFAIK, Google's service does not do that.
Thunderbird will surely not do it, but it has other ways to indicate to
you when it detects threads/postings related to you.

Read about how to use Thunderbird in the available documentation.


--rms

www.rmschneider.com