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Re: Trolls and MVPs?
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:37:22 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>"P. Di Stolfo" <paolodistolfo@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> as long as msnews.microsoft.com belongs to Microsoft, I think they
>> own the newsgroups.
>
>But they don't own the newsgroups, at least not the public ones.
>Microsoft allows some or all of the newsgroups on the public servers to
>propagate throughout Usenet so you might find this group on many news
>servers.
You just don't understand how news groups work. Go to usenet.com, and read up on it.
If M$ Removes ANY of the Microsoft.public groups, they disappear EVERYWHERE.
A NG is nothing but a registered name on USENET that builds a database of messages under each specific news group name.
News Servers [giga news, toast.net, bellsouth.com] etc.. all have their OWN servers. The message starts at one central hub. Like this message from me is starting from Bellsouth's news servers. Eventually it'll filter around the world to any news server that carries this news group.
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:37:22 -0700, XS11E <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>"P. Di Stolfo" <paolodistolfo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> as long as msnews.microsoft.com belongs to Microsoft, I think they
>> own the newsgroups.
>
>But they don't own the newsgroups, at least not the public ones.
>Microsoft allows some or all of the newsgroups on the public servers to
>propagate throughout Usenet so you might find this group on many news
>servers.
You just don't understand how news groups work. Go to usenet.com, and read up on it.
If M$ Removes ANY of the Microsoft.public groups, they disappear EVERYWHERE.
A NG is nothing but a registered name on USENET that builds a database of messages under each specific news group name.
News Servers [giga news, toast.net, bellsouth.com] etc.. all have their OWN servers. The message starts at one central hub. Like this message from me is starting from Bellsouth's news servers. Eventually it'll filter around the world to any news server that carries this news group.
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more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html