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Author: RoxanaRoxana Date: Oct 17, 2007 14:56
For a *single solitary program* that - for some reason - seems to create a
landslide of posts, this newsgroup is "understaffed", to say the very least.
Many/most questions slip into the void... unaddressed. If there are any
replies, one must wait until h*** freezes over for a follow-up to the
'boiler-plate answer' which miraculously gets supplied.
"I" have been around these MS newsgroups since ~2002 and never have I
experienced a more unsatisfactory result that I see these days - anno 2007 -
in *these Outlook newsgroups*.
If this post only garners "brickbats", it's really of little ultimate
consequence to me at this point. Replies have been meagre; 'answers' seem to
be given with the minimum amount of care or effort; one asks a return
question to the volunteer 'helper' and then must sit through two
performances of "A season in h***", waiting and waiting for someone to
return to the post.
Meanwhile, one's post is literally buried under 80+ posts a day, which makes
it most unlikely one will ever achieve any satisfactory resolution to *any*
problem one might be experiencing with Outlook.
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Author: F. H. MuffmanF. H. Muffman Date: Oct 17, 2007 15:06
"Roxana" 3rdStone.net> wrote in message
news:uaoGQiQEIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...> For a *single solitary program* that - for some reason - seems to create a
> landslide of posts, this newsgroup is "understaffed", to say the very
> least.
> Many/most questions slip into the void... unaddressed. If there are any
> replies, one must wait until h*** freezes over for a follow-up to the
> 'boiler-plate answer' which miraculously gets supplied.
>
> "I" have been around these MS newsgroups since ~2002 and never have I
> experienced a more unsatisfactory result that I see these days - anno
> 2007 -
> in *these Outlook newsgroups*.
You are *more* than welcome to stick around and help other people too.
Or would you rather complain about the service at a volunteer staffed group
without being willing to help others as well?
--
f.h.
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Author: RoxanaRoxana Date: Oct 17, 2007 15:26
"F. H. Muffman" wrote in message
news:%%23ejkZoQEIHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> "Roxana" wrote:
>> For a *single solitary program* that - for some reason - seems to create
a
>> landslide of posts, this newsgroup is "understaffed", to say the very
>> least.
>> Many/most questions slip into the void... unaddressed. If there are any
>> replies, one must wait until h*** freezes over for a follow-up to the
>> 'boiler-plate answer' which miraculously gets supplied.
>>
>> "I" have been around these MS newsgroups since ~2002 and never have I
>> experienced a more unsatisfactory result that I see these days - anno
>> 2007 - in *these Outlook newsgroups*.
>
>
> You are *more* than welcome to stick around and help other people too.
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Author: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] Date: Oct 17, 2007 15:32
It appears that the concept of peer to peer newsgroups is foreign to you.
Please explain what part of that concept you do not understand so we can
help with any misunderstanding you may have. The only posts that go
unanswered are those that contain too little information to permit a
response.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Roxana" 3rdStone.net> wrote in message
news:uaoGQiQEIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...> For a *single solitary program* that - for some reason - seems to create a
> landslide of posts, this newsgroup is "understaffed", to say the very
> least.
> Many/most questions slip into the void... unaddressed. If there are any
> replies, one must wait until h*** freezes over for a follow-up to the
> 'boiler-plate answer' which miraculously gets supplied.
>
> "I" have been around these MS newsgroups since ~2002 and never have I
> experienced a more unsatisfactory result that I see these days - anno
> 2007 - ...
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Author: RoxanaRoxana Date: Oct 17, 2007 15:53
I don't wish to be argumentative, but peer-to-peer newsgroups are *not*
foreign to me. MS newgroups are not foreign to me. If they were, I post in
*all caps*... I'd crosspost immediately (in 1 minute or less)... I'd "lose"
my post, not return, then post an identical one six times. Please spare me
that *inaccurate* assessment.
Now, what am I trying to find an answer to ? Here ya go Russ:
"Customize" freezes / *re-post* "customize" freezes.
Oz11d7IDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
Admittedly, I did *repost*.... after a two day wait - in the *first*
newsgroup I started in. Then, after two further days waiting, I posted in
"Outlook" newsgroup. That is precisely what I mean when I said that one gets
no follow-up to a question and process. If one must wait two-days for every
single query posited.... My word !
Now, I realize you are not familir with my post and my method, but I believe
I stated from the get-go what the problem was/ which version of Outlook is
in use, and even which OS it is being used in.
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Author: RoxanaRoxana Date: Oct 17, 2007 16:07
Oops; forgot the "news:" part. My apologies:
news:Oz11d7IDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
"Roxana" wrote in message news:%%23dZbGCREIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Now, what am I trying to find an answer to ? Here ya go Russ:
> "Customize" freezes / *re-post* "customize" freezes.
> news...
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Author: RoxanaRoxana Date: Oct 17, 2007 16:29
Here's the full monty:
"customize" freezes - Outlook 2002
news:Oz11d7IDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
repost: "customize" freezes - Outlook 2002
news:u2novXjCIHA.2280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
repost: "customize" freezes - Outlook 2002
news:e0wuuIrDIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:DA3D5D0A-FF35-42D5-B80D-53D3DBA5FA6D@microsoft.com...> It appears that the concept of peer to peer newsgroups is foreign to you...
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Date: Oct 17, 2007 16:31
"Roxana" 3rdStone.net> wrote in message
news:uaoGQiQEIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...>
> To those of you with problems with Outlook, I wish you well and advise
> thus:
> If you're in need of any help, I hope time isn't of the essence.
If it is, shell out some cash for an expert answer. No one here gets paid
for answering questions.
> This
> newsgroup is a place which cries out to the adventuresome: "Good luck...
> and be patient !" <-- You'll need both !
I'd say lower your expectation especially when asking for something for
free. If you don't expect someone with a correct answer/suggestion will come
along in timely fashion, you won't be disappointed. I have quite a few posts
that go unanswered. I look somewhere else when that happens.
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Author: Diane PoremskyDiane Poremsky Date: Oct 17, 2007 16:46
> I don't wish to be argumentative, but peer-to-peer newsgroups are *not*
> foreign to me. MS newgroups...
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Author: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] Date: Oct 17, 2007 17:11
Just so I understand. This tantrum was all because of a post that was not
answered for a problem you encountered while running Windows 98?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Roxana" 3rdStone.net> wrote in message
news:%%23rH5BKREIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...> Oops; forgot the "news:" part. My apologies:
> news:Oz11d7IDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
>
> "Roxana" wrote in message news:%%23dZbGCREIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Now, what am I trying to find an answer to ? Here ya go Russ:
>> "Customize" freezes / *re-post* "customize" freezes.
>> news:Oz11d7IDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
>>
>
>> Thank you Russ.
>> Roxana
>>
>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ...
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