On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:43:38 +1100, "James Hahn"
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in the newsgroup said:
You will find the use of the MS newsgroups much easier and more effective if
you access them from a newsreader such as Outlook Express rather than
through the www interface. See here for a comprehensive description:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.mspx
Note that you should use a fictitious e-mail address (or at least one that
you don't mind if it gets spammed heavily) and the newsgroup server is
'msnews.microsoft.com'.
It may be better to go for the second option - perhaps starting a new
hotmail or yahoo account even. I'm told that it's OK to use
(e-mail address removed) as it's designed to take spam.
I say this because, theoretically at least, a fictitious email address
may be being used by someone else (or may be used by someone else at
some future time). They would then get the spam meant for you. Also,
using a non-existent address would mean the emails bouncing around the
internet - thus slowing things down a bit for everyone.
Personally, I use a branch of a real email address and route spam into
a separate folder which I periodically purge.
There may be better suggestions and I would welcome them.