Re: How to post?

thorsten.kettner_at_web.de (Thorsten Kettner) wrote:

>Hi, I am rather new to this forum. I use Google Groups for reading and
>posting. Is this recommended?
>
>The problem is: Google sometimes just mirrors existing newsgroups and
>when posting a question or answer through Google this is only visible
>in this mirror, i.e. only Google readers can see it and all the others
>not (this is true for example for Borland groups - and it's really
>annoying).

Regarding the problem with Borland groups, see below extracted from their FAQ at http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/genl_faqs.html

I recommend obtaining a newsreader. I love Google for searching, but find a newsreader indispensable for most other purposes. There are many you can choose from, some free, some commercial products. I use a free one called Free Agent which you can find at http://www/forteinc.com

I have two instances of Free Agent on my machine with one pointing at Borland's news server and one pointing at my ISP's news server.

Hope this helps.

• FROM BORLAND NEWSGROUP FAQ ============= I post and I post, but I never see any of my messages on the newsgroups. What is going on? You may be posting your messages to a server other than Borland's server which is newsgroups.borland.com.

Messages to the newsgroups only actually reach them if posted on Borland's own server. Check http://www.borland.com/newsgroups/ for details on how to access the Borland server.

Borland runs these Borland newsgroups on Borland hardware. Many other servers (such as deja.com) mirror what's posted here, and will also show the messages you post to them. However, Borland does not accept those messages for relay to the central Borland newsgroup server. The vast majority of newsgroup users do not see messages posted to mirrored servers, and TeamB members or Borland personnel do not see them. This is why posts to mirrored servers may get no answer, or no satisfactory answer.

So, if you are not accessing this newsgroup through the Borland server, consider it read-only.

The reason for this policy is that the newsgroups are monitored. Off-topic messages, oversize attachments, spam, etc. are very quickly canceled. This helps the newsgroups maintain a coherence that is not generally achieved on Usenet. Obviously, this pruning of incoming messages can only be done efficiently if they all come into the same place -- the Borland server.

Being ordinary and nothing special is a full-time job. jp_mcmahon_at_hotmail.com (Jim McMahon in real life) Received on Fri Feb 07 2003 - 05:40:37 CST