Oh. Here.
C:\>find /i "answers.en-us.wl"
telnet.txt
---------- TELNET.TXT
Answers.en-US.wlmedia 1 5787
y
Answers.en-US.wlevents 1 4636 y
Answers.en-US.wlfamily 1 2091
y
Answers.en-US.wlsync 1 3619 y
Robert, please pay attention. Those four groups are the
only
Live (English language) ones that made it to the Answers site last year, on
a
clearly experimental basis. There are (were?) several others on
other
less accessible servers (like microsoft.en-us.writergeneral and 16 different
ones for OneCare). Now the Live stuff is being (has been?) shifted over
to
a new-look Solutions site, where Hotmail discussions have lived since 2008.
You'd be well advised to take a stiff dose of your favourite fluid before
venturing over there. It looks like they baulked at integrating four years'
worth of newsgroup posts because they have tried to categorize questions
about
specific applications - there are seven categories under Mail Client, for
example. That's a great pity, because there's a great deal of wisdom and
experience stashed away in those groups.
The new forums are not, as yet, available via
Bridge.
BTW I still don't have a clue what wlevents are.
; }
From a November 2008 press release:
>
Windows Live Events. Create and send out online event
invitations
and host event-related interactions — even share photos after the eve
t takes
place. Windows Live Events
will
offer ready-made templates for a variety of common events, and integrates
with
multiple online calendars and the new “What’s New” feed in Windo
ive
Messenger.
And from an announcement in August
2009:
http://cid-275b34cd
4fcbe487.home.events.live.com/
> On September 3rd, 2009, we will begin retiring the
Windows Live Events service. As of this date, you will no longer be able to
create new Events using Windows Live Events. Existing Events that you have
already created will remain active until April 2010.
So there were obviously not
enough
people inclined to 'host event-related interactions', whatever that may
mean.
Noel
