[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Web access to the 2k3 newsgroups is messed up - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Mon, Dec 29 2008 12:04 bradley

Web access to the 2k3 newsgroups is messed up

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To anyone trying to post to the 2k3 newsgroups today, I have to apologize.  The web interface is totally and utterly messed up to the point that when you click on any discussion group in there you get a Service temporarily unavailable:

So I'd recommend that for today that you not rely on the web interface and use the old, clunky, everyone obviously hates it because everyone keeps pronouncing it dead, NNTP.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

It's working.

The web isn't.

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# re: Web access to the 2k3 newsgroups is messed up

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:55 AM by Greg McConnel

I switched to Windows Mail (the new Outlook Express) when these issues started. I don't know why I ever started using the web based newsgroups in the first place. The email client is a much better way to read and post.

# re: Web access to the 2k3 newsgroups is messed up

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:43 AM by Robear Dyer, MS MVP

Web-based access to MS Public Newsgroups died c. 18:00 UTC, 23 Dec-08; Web-based access returned c. 23:00 UTC, 29 Dec-08.

Why has there been no public comment from MS about this to date?

PS: "Old, clunky, everyone obviously hates it" describes the web-based access, not NNTP access IMHO.