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ctdak

I'm new at using this discussion group site. I'm puzzled about why you can't post replies or new items in the evening or on weekends, and sometimes early morning. Does this site only have certain hours of operation, other than for read-only? If so, what are they

Why doesn't whoever manages this site indicate either the hours when you can post messages or let you know when you can't post. It's frustrating to type out a whole message only to have it aborted when you click on Send. It would help if you could even go back and cut and paste it to somewhere on your PC so you could post it again later without re-typing it

This is a great site, but this aspect of it's management is very poor

ctda
 
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Joan Wild

You can post 24 hours a day, unless the server is unavailable (but if it was
you wouldn't be able to connect to the site).

You are accessing these groups via the web based newsreader, however you
could use a newsreader like Outlook Express. The details on how to set this
up can be found at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];newswhelp#usenewsnntp

If you prefer to use the web newsreader, you could compose the text of your
message in notepad, and then copy and paste it into your reply or new post.

--
Joan Wild
Microsoft Access MVP

ctdak said:
I'm new at using this discussion group site. I'm puzzled about why you
can't post replies or new items in the evening or on weekends, and sometimes
early morning. Does this site only have certain hours of operation, other
than for read-only? If so, what are they?
Why doesn't whoever manages this site indicate either the hours when you
can post messages or let you know when you can't post. It's frustrating to
type out a whole message only to have it aborted when you click on Send. It
would help if you could even go back and cut and paste it to somewhere on
your PC so you could post it again later without re-typing it.
 
D

Dirk Goldgar

ctdak said:
I'm new at using this discussion group site. I'm puzzled about why
you can't post replies or new items in the evening or on weekends,
and sometimes early morning. Does this site only have certain hours
of operation, other than for read-only? If so, what are they?

Why doesn't whoever manages this site indicate either the hours when
you can post messages or let you know when you can't post. It's
frustrating to type out a whole message only to have it aborted when
you click on Send. It would help if you could even go back and cut
and paste it to somewhere on your PC so you could post it again later
without re-typing it.

This is a great site, but this aspect of it's management is very poor.

I'm not aware of any such problems, and I post at all hours of the day
and night, all days of the week. If you're working with the web-based
newsreader, maybe you happened to encounter some site outages. But I'm
not aware of anything significant and long-lasting along those lines.
 
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ctdak

No, I can't post 24/7!! I wish I could. I don't know anything about newsreaders. I just found this site on the web and have been reading and posting directly using Internet Explorer browser. I consistently get an "Unavailable, sorry for the inconvenience" type message when I try posting on weekends or evenings. Why am I getting this when others apparently aren't

ctda

----- Joan Wild wrote: ----

You can post 24 hours a day, unless the server is unavailable (but if it wa
you wouldn't be able to connect to the site)

You are accessing these groups via the web based newsreader, however yo
could use a newsreader like Outlook Express. The details on how to set thi
up can be found a

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];newswhelp#usenewsnnt

If you prefer to use the web newsreader, you could compose the text of you
message in notepad, and then copy and paste it into your reply or new post

--
Joan Wil
Microsoft Access MV

ctdak said:
I'm new at using this discussion group site. I'm puzzled about why yo
can't post replies or new items in the evening or on weekends, and sometime
early morning. Does this site only have certain hours of operation, othe
than for read-only? If so, what are theycan post messages or let you know when you can't post. It's frustrating t
type out a whole message only to have it aborted when you click on Send. I
would help if you could even go back and cut and paste it to somewhere o
your PC so you could post it again later without re-typing it
 
J

Joan Wild

ctdak said:
No, I can't post 24/7!! I wish I could. I don't know anything about
newsreaders. I just found this site on the web and have been reading and
posting directly using Internet Explorer browser. I consistently get an
"Unavailable, sorry for the inconvenience" type message when I try posting
on weekends or evenings. Why am I getting this when others apparently
aren't?
I really don't know. As Dirk says, he is able to post at all hours.
 
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M.L. Sco Scofield

Like everyone else, I have no problem posting 168. (24x7)

I've personally never seen this message.

If I had to take a wild guess, I'd suspect the problem is with your ISP.

--

Sco

M.L. "Sco" Scofield, MCSD, MCP, MSS, Access MVP, A+
Useful Metric Conversion #16 of 19: 2 monograms = 1 diagram
Miscellaneous Access and VB "stuff" at www.ScoBiz.com

ctdak said:
I'm new at using this discussion group site. I'm puzzled about why you can't post replies or new items in the evening or on
weekends, and sometimes early morning. Does this site only have certain hours of operation, other than for read-only? If so, what
are they?
Why doesn't whoever manages this site indicate either the hours when you can post messages or let you know when you can't post.
It's frustrating to type out a whole message only to have it aborted when you click on Send. It would help if you could even go
back and cut and paste it to somewhere on your PC so you could post it again later without re-typing it.
 
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eleland

I am viewing this site in the same way as you and I have experienced no problems at all. Perhaps there is a problem with your connection??? Might be worth seeing if you can get to it via another machine because it really IS 24/7!
 

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