On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:07:59 +0100, Ray_Net wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> Willard wrote: >> >>> "Connection to server msnews.microsoft.com timed out" >>> >>> How can this be fixed?? >> >> It can't. Microsoft closed down its news server last year. They replaced >> it, and all their groups, with some silly web forums. > > This the beginning of the end of live of usenet ....
Ah? Microsoft was never a major player in the usenet big 8 and the msnews.* hierarchy is a private one (like the mozilla.* newsgroups.) and neither have ever been part of Usenet proper. Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
