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Old 01-08-2009   #9 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen


 
 

Re: Windows Mail Live posts don't get recorded in the newsgroup

Don't confuse the signing in to a Live ID with the option to use the
Communities features.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Shane Devenshire" <ShaneDevenshire@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5CE5E9D9-E832-40D9-B1D9-223EB2CEA853@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Hi,
>
> "The way to avoid it is to stop signing in and just post normally."
>
> It seems that I am automatically signed it, so how do you turn that off in
> Windows Live Mail, or "Just post normally?"
>
> Thanks,
> Shane Devenshire
>
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
Quote:

>>
>>
>> "Shane Devenshire" <ShaneDevenshire@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6EDD7E4E-1A97-45F1-839D-9E99036C8576@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > I have been postion to all Excel newsgroups via the Web interface. When
>> > posts are made this way they are recorded in the user profile. I have run
>> > some test recently using Windows Mail Live - posts made to the newsgroup
>> > appear on the thread but are not counted in the user profile.
>> >
>> > Questions -
>> > 1. is there a way to correct this problem?
>>
>>
>> Supposedly they are working on it.
>> The way to avoid it is to stop signing in and just post normally.
>>
>>
Quote:

>> > 2. The web interface is often very slow to load, it is unavailable many
>> > times when the newsgroups can be accessed via Mail Live? Is there anything
>> > we can do about this?
>>
>>
>> Use Google Groups instead?
>>
>>
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>> > 3. On the web interface I see three panes the first different languages,
>> > then groups, the subgroups, the middle one the threads, the right one the
>> > content of the selected message. Often the left side of the first pane is
>> > out of view, even with the scrollbar to the far left. Without going to a
>> > micro font, is there any way to correct this problem?
>>
>>
>> Just use your pointer and see the full newsgroup name
>> as a tooltip? Alternatively, you could drag the divider
>> and make that pane wider. For that matter make both
>> the newsgroup list and the message list panes wider
>> then just read the threads in new tabs by doubleclicking
>> in the message list.
>>
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---
>>
>>

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