> So ... what is the best way to access this newsgroup on the road?
>
> At home, Vista Mail works well enought, but sometimes it is confused (or
is
> that me?).
>
> So, be kind and give me details or a link or two so I can understand.
>
> New tricks for this old dog please.
>
> Thanks
>

"mayayana" wrote:

>    I've never tried this, but couldn't you use your
> regular email (Windows Mail?) on any connection?
> You just need to log into msnews.microsoft.com,
> and you don't need a password, membership,
> etc. So why couldn't you log in from anywhere?
> Or from any PC, for that matter?
>
>     In other words, if you normally use your ISP's
> news server for these groups, you don't need to.
> You can just connect directly, therefore not needing
> to be connected through your ISP.
>
> > So ... what is the best way to access this newsgroup on the road?
> >
> > At home, Vista Mail works well enought, but sometimes it is confused (or
> is
> > that me?).
> >
> > So, be kind and give me details or a link or two so I can understand.
> >
> > New tricks for this old dog please.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
>

"Jeff Johnson" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
news:eT7KLhI2JHA.5276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Bee" <B**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FD97622-3406-4F1A-A58B-AA3BDE719EE0@microsoft.com...
>
>> After typing my diatribe in, I got this response and lost all my typing.
>> Thanks a lot MS. Twit programmers.
>>
>> Service Temporarily Unavailable
>> We apologize for this inconvenience. Please try again later.
>>
>> Inconvenience?  My fingers are sore from retyping.  I will send you my
>> doctor's bill.
>> This time I typed it into Notpad and saved before copying into this Post
>> window.
>
> As much as I despise the Web interface to the groups, I have to say that
> this issue is FAR from isolated to that application. I have lost SEVERAL
> posts to various Web forums in the past due to site hiccups, to the point
> where I have learned my lesson: anything long you type into a Web form
> should be typed into a text editor first.
>

"Jeff Johnson" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
news:eT7KLhI2JHA.5276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Bee" <B**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1FD97622-3406-4F1A-A58B-AA3BDE719EE0@microsoft.com...
>
>> After typing my diatribe in, I got this response and lost all my typing.
>> Thanks a lot MS. Twit programmers.
>>
>> Service Temporarily Unavailable
>> We apologize for this inconvenience. Please try again later.
>>
>> Inconvenience?  My fingers are sore from retyping.  I will send you my
>> doctor's bill.
>> This time I typed it into Notpad and saved before copying into this Post
>> window.
>
> As much as I despise the Web interface to the groups, I have to say that
> this issue is FAR from isolated to that application. I have lost SEVERAL
> posts to various Web forums in the past due to site hiccups, to the point
> where I have learned my lesson: anything long you type into a Web form
> should be typed into a text editor first.

"Jeff Johnson" <i.get@enough.spam> wrote in message
news:OV8r4YJ2JHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Bob Butler" <noway@nospam.ever> wrote in message
> news:OPXw%23rI2JHA.480@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>>> As much as I despise the Web interface to the groups, I have to say that
>>> this issue is FAR from isolated to that application. I have lost SEVERAL
>>> posts to various Web forums in the past due to site hiccups, to the
>>> point where I have learned my lesson: anything long you type into a Web
>>> form should be typed into a text editor first.
>>
>> If it's a long post I usually do select all, copy, then post.  If the
>> post fails I have it on the clipboard for easy recovery.
>
> Sometimes (very rarely, but still) the fact that the Backspace key can
> equate to the Back button means you can be thrown out of the page you're
> typing into just because you fixed a typo!!

>"Bee" <B**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:1FD97622-3406-4F1A-A58B-AA3BDE719EE0@microsoft.com...
>
>> After typing my diatribe in, I got this response and lost all my typing.
>> Thanks a lot MS. Twit programmers.
>>
>> Service Temporarily Unavailable
>> We apologize for this inconvenience. Please try again later.
>>
>> Inconvenience?  My fingers are sore from retyping.  I will send you my
>> doctor's bill.
>> This time I typed it into Notpad and saved before copying into this Post
>> window.
>
>As much as I despise the Web interface to the groups, I have to say that
>this issue is FAR from isolated to that application. I have lost SEVERAL
>posts to various Web forums in the past due to site hiccups, to the point
>where I have learned my lesson: anything long you type into a Web form
>should be typed into a text editor first.

"Bee" <B**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1FD97622-3406-4F1A-A58B-AA3BDE719EE0@microsoft.com...
> After typing my diatribe in, I got this response and lost all my typing.
> Thanks a lot MS. Twit programmers.
>
> Service Temporarily Unavailable
> We apologize for this inconvenience. Please try again later.
>
> Inconvenience?  My fingers are sore from retyping.  I will send you my
> doctor's bill.
> This time I typed it into Notpad and saved before copying into this Post
> window.
>
> What I said ... now with explitives added.
>
> While on the road, I ty to access this newsgroup through the $#|+ MS web
> page.
> I find it very slow and sometime unresponsive and have to click many
> times.
>
> Sometimes double clicking will open the posts responses, sometimes not.
>
> So ... what is the best way to access this newsgroup on the road?
>
> At home, Vista Mail works well enought, but sometimes it is confused (or
> is
> that me?).
>
> So, be kind and give me details or a link or two so I can understand.
>
> New tricks for this old dog please.
>
> Thanks
>