vista and nntp bug

Interesting little bug that just happened in the private NG's just now-seems it made us "common folk" privy to some inside info-just for a quick sec-Ahh very interesting to see how MS and MVP's really view these groups not to mention Beta tester's;and what's really going on inside the Vista world.

How d'ya mean exactly?
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Interesting little bug that just happened in the private NG's just now-seems it made us "common folk" privy to some inside info-just for a quick sec-Ahh very interesting to see how MS and MVP's really view these groups not to mention Beta tester's;and what's really going on inside the Vista world.

Ah Zach, Without getting myself into bad "graces" with MS let me just say this. About an hour back;I was in the private news NNTP;then all of a sudden my newsgroup disappeared and POOF a WHOLE bunch of private MVP NG's popped up and were downloading messages into my pc. Not being the vindictive sort-I won't name any specific people-however to validate this-one group in particular was- Private.MVP.Coffeehouse. One was private.mvp.expert zone, etc. All in all approximately 20 newsgroups were "open" to anyone-for awhile that I saw; and it was Quite interesting;the interactions of MVP's and MS employees. especially one instance about voting, MVP&MS interaction and features and timetables for Vista. Don't want to get anyone in trouble,least of which;myself. Suffice it to say; I have knowledge gained; by someone's mistake;that seriously changes my opinion about many in these groups. Not to worry, I didn't run across any posts from you or Andre!!! LOL Jeff
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How d'ya mean exactly?
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--: Original message follows :-- "Jeff" wrote in message Interesting little bug that just happened in the private NG's just now-seems it made us "common folk" privy to some inside info-just for a quick sec-Ahh very interesting to see how MS and MVP's really view these groups not to mention Beta tester's;and what's really going on inside the Vista world.

Jeff wrote:

Interesting little bug that just happened in the private NG's just now-seems it made us "common folk" privy to some inside info-just for a quick sec-Ahh very interesting to see how MS and MVP's really view these groups not to mention Beta tester's;and what's really going on inside the Vista world.

Running 5308, I can't get Windows Mail to connect to any other news servers I use except msnews.microsoft.com. Anyone else have luck with this?
-- Person who fart in church sit in own pew.

Jeff wrote:

Suffice it to say; I have knowledge gained; by someone's mistake;that seriously changes my opinion about many in these groups.

For better or for worse?
-- Person who fart in church sit in own pew.

"Gaoler" wrote in message

Jeff wrote: Interesting little bug that just happened in the private NG's just now-seems it made us "common folk" privy to some inside info-just for a quick sec-Ahh very interesting to see how MS and MVP's really view these groups not to mention Beta tester's;and what's really going on inside the Vista world.
Running 5308, I can't get Windows Mail to connect to any other news servers I use except msnews.microsoft.com. Anyone else have luck with this?
-- Person who fart in church sit in own pew.

It's not much different in beta 2. it connects, but wont download the groups list.

AMDX2 wrote:

"Gaoler" wrote in message Jeff wrote: Interesting little bug that just happened in the private NG's just now-seems it made us "common folk" privy to some inside info-just for a quick sec-Ahh very interesting to see how MS and MVP's really view these groups not to mention Beta tester's;and what's really going on inside the Vista world. Running 5308, I can't get Windows Mail to connect to any other news servers I use except msnews.microsoft.com. Anyone else have luck with this?
It's not much different in beta 2. it connects, but wont download the groups list.
Thanks for the feedback. I hope they fix it soon! Thankfully I have

had no issues with the latest version of Thunderbird running on Vista yet. :)
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