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FromTheRafters
"jen" <jen@example.com> wrote in message
news:eO4k6HaoIHA.1580@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "FromTheRafters" <Erratic@ne.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:OLaCXpYoIHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "Impatience" <Impatience@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4CA01C66-616B-47C4-8B0D-0A5291B2FE86@microsoft.com...
>>> Ok, my ignorance is showing. How do I access the news article listed
>>> here?
>> Use Google Groups with that as the search string.
>> Hmmm - didn't these news: (pseudo) url's use to be clickable?
>
> To be clickable msnews has to be your default server...
Some news: URL strings return the message when clicked,
some return a message about being unable to retrieve the
message. The one I tried from the OP's post gave me a
message that "news:' is not a valid URL. Could be some
characters are considered invalid for message ID strings
used in a news: URL string.
>> Anyway, Google should work for a unique string.
>>> "Maximus the Mad" wrote:
>>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> after much
>>>> thought,came up with this jewel in
>>>> news:#wjuqX0QIHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>>>> > From: "LIZ" <lizj@new.rr.com>
>>>> > (abridged version)
>>>> >| I have XP Professional and I do not know what to do
>>>> > Please do NOT post HJT logs here. We do not accept them!
>>>> Good to see ya Dave!
>
> -jen
>
>
news:eO4k6HaoIHA.1580@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "FromTheRafters" <Erratic@ne.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:OLaCXpYoIHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "Impatience" <Impatience@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4CA01C66-616B-47C4-8B0D-0A5291B2FE86@microsoft.com...
>>> Ok, my ignorance is showing. How do I access the news article listed
>>> here?
>> Use Google Groups with that as the search string.
>> Hmmm - didn't these news: (pseudo) url's use to be clickable?
>
> To be clickable msnews has to be your default server...
Some news: URL strings return the message when clicked,
some return a message about being unable to retrieve the
message. The one I tried from the OP's post gave me a
message that "news:' is not a valid URL. Could be some
characters are considered invalid for message ID strings
used in a news: URL string.
>> Anyway, Google should work for a unique string.
>>> "Maximus the Mad" wrote:
>>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> after much
>>>> thought,came up with this jewel in
>>>> news:#wjuqX0QIHA.5692@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>>>> > From: "LIZ" <lizj@new.rr.com>
>>>> > (abridged version)
>>>> >| I have XP Professional and I do not know what to do
>>>> > Please do NOT post HJT logs here. We do not accept them!
>>>> Good to see ya Dave!
>
> -jen
>
>