Which forum or website are the regulars switching to?

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Larry Linson

I'm already "back" in the USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access; traffic
there is low, compared to even a year ago, but quite a numbr of my MVP
colleagues have indicated they'll be monitoring it.

I'm waiting for the Microsoft forums to "settle" and for Access to be
assigned its own category (not lumped in "Other" with other Microsoft
products, e.g., InfoPath) before I bother wasting my time "looking into that
option" because until that happens, I don't even have to try it to know that
it's unacceptable to me.

If your ISP does not have its own news server, you'll need to get one. On
good advice from colleagues, I signed up with "news.individual.net" run by
the Free University of Berlin... not free, but not expensive, either (10
euros per year). Several free news servers have also been recommended -- one
I remember is called "Eternal September".
 
M

Mark Andrews

FYI: I gave Eternal September a try and it seems to work fine (you just need
to register to get a userid/password).

However, the comp.databases.ms-access newsgroup doesn't seem to have much
activity.
I'm wondering if the normal everyday user will be accessing it?

Does that "newsgroup bridge" for the microsoft forums work? I never tried
any microsoft forums.
Hoping I can stick with a newsgroup reader?

Does utteraccess have any newsgroup reader access? haven't used that one
much either. I think I tried a few questions
and got a bunch of answers that don't really answer the question asked.

Before this thing goes down it would be great if we knew where the normal
group of access experts are going to.
I hate asking questions in some groups where I'm always smarter than the guy
answering the question.
This newsgroup has held up a high level of expertise, so I need to track
where all the smart guys are going
so I have a chance at getting some difficult questions answered! Quick
answers also help, otherwise I tend to go figure
it out myself.

Also I want to help answer a few questions when time permits.

Thanks,
Mark
 
D

David W. Fenton

That is still shaking out. Some like Microsoft Answers
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/ but at
this time it is far from ideal. Others may go to UtterAccess or to
this Yahoo group
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MS_Access_Professionals or
other places. The newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access is not
controlled by Microsoft and will continue to exist.
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As will all the microsoft.public.* newsgroups that are hosted on the
myriad web servers that are *not* owned by Microsoft.

I'm not going anywhere, and I'm not going to fiddle around with the
crappy Answers forum.
 
D

David W. Fenton

FYI: I gave Eternal September a try and it seems to work fine (you
just need to register to get a userid/password).

However, the comp.databases.ms-access newsgroup doesn't seem to
have much activity.
I'm wondering if the normal everyday user will be accessing it?
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Depends on what you consider "much activity." In the last 24 hours
or so, the Eternal September news server had 22 new posts (I record
the new posts for 3 different news servers). The average since Jan.
20th (when I started a new spreadsheet) is just under 14 posts. This
compares to Newsguy.com, which I pay for, that has averaged just
under 20 in the same period for that newsgroup.
Does that "newsgroup bridge" for the microsoft forums work? I
never tried any microsoft forums.
Hoping I can stick with a newsgroup reader?
Click to expand...

It theoretically works, but I haven't found it usable.
Does utteraccess have any newsgroup reader access? haven't used
that one much either. I think I tried a few questions
and got a bunch of answers that don't really answer the question
asked.
Click to expand...

I doubt that they have it, as they want to control content way too
much for them to open it up to posting from other servers.
Before this thing goes down it would be great if we knew where the
normal group of access experts are going to.
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I'm staying where I am which is:

comp.databases.ms-access
microsoft.publis.access.*
www.access-programmers.co.uk
Stackoverflow.com

I monitor and post in all those forums on a daily basis.
 
M

Mark Andrews

Good to know! I just saw that this forum for example (for May 28th) has
like 18 top level questions and
comp.databases.ms-access has 2 questions. The other access related forums
on Microsoft.public.access.*
had about 8 top level questions for May 28th.

Maybe when Microsoft.public.access.* goes away comp.databases.ms-access will
increase?

Just looking for a good one to switch to.
Thanks,
Mark
 
F

Fred Boer

I hate asking questions in some groups where I'm always smarter than the
guy answering the question.
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Oooh... I wonder what that would feel like! I gotta look for those groups -
strangely, this hasn't happened to me in *any* of the groups I've been part
of! I wonder why....<g>

--
Fred Boer - Amateur Access Enthusiast
Interests: Library software / Z39.50 / Web Services
Freeware Small Library Application available here:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/lornarourke/
 
D

David W. Fenton

Maybe when Microsoft.public.access.* goes away
comp.databases.ms-access will increase?
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I keep saying this, but it doesn't seem to sink in:

microsoft.public.access.* is not going away.

Only msnews.microsoft.com is going away.
 

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