Hello Bruce

Thank you for your valued responses to me - IMHO you have a wealth of knowledge (which I'm glad you are eager to share!)

I trust I am now posting as you have suggested.

Further query though. On the MS Communities web site, I can(and do) ask to be notified if there is a response.

I haven't found the same facility here, though (although I understand about the specs. and red text).

Is there an alert facility?

David B.

Welcome to OE, Dave.

There isn't the same type of notification here. You understand Watch / Ignore. You can also Sort By Watch / Ignore which would keep those at the top of the list.

You can select View | Current View | Show replies to my messages. Only your posts will be visible.

You can make a rule where any message containing your address is another color.

The first thing you want to do ASAP is to go to Tools | Accounts | News | Properties | General, and change your address from to something like:
lid. You don't need the true address to post and Spammers use newsgroups to harvest addresses.

Also, while it isn't mandatory, the preferred way of posting is in Plain Text unless you have to use HTML for something to show to make a point, like a screen shot.

All in all, even without the same notification opportunities, I believe you will find it easier to find your messages after many more have been posted. You will also find that post and replies you send will show up much more quickly here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"BoaterDave" wrote in message ...
Hello Bruce

Thank you for your valued responses to me - IMHO you have a wealth of knowledge (which I'm glad you are eager to share!)

I trust I am now posting as you have suggested.

Further query though. On the MS Communities web site, I can(and do) ask to be notified if there is a response.

I haven't found the same facility here, though (although I understand about the specs. and red text).

Is there an alert facility?

David B.

Your advice is much appeciated, Bruce.

I will endeavour to take everything on board!

David B.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Welcome to OE, Dave.

There isn't the same type of notification here. You understand Watch /
Ignore. You can also Sort By Watch / Ignore which would keep those at the
top of the list.

You can select View | Current View | Show replies to my messages. Only your
posts will be visible.

You can make a rule where any message containing your address is another
color.

The first thing you want to do ASAP is to go to Tools | Accounts | News |
Properties | General, and change your address from
to something like:
lid. You don't need the true address to post and
Spammers use newsgroups to harvest addresses.

Also, while it isn't mandatory, the preferred way of posting is in Plain
Text unless you have to use HTML for something to show to make a point, like
a screen shot.

All in all, even without the same notification opportunities, I believe you
will find it easier to find your messages after many more have been posted.
You will also find that post and replies you send will show up much more
quickly here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"BoaterDave" wrote in message
...
Hello Bruce

Thank you for your valued responses to me - IMHO you have a wealth of
knowledge (which I'm glad you are eager to share!)

I trust I am now posting as you have suggested.

Further query though. On the MS Communities web site, I can(and do) ask to
be notified if there is a response.

I haven't found the same facility here, though (although I understand about
the specs. and red text).

Is there an alert facility?

David B.

I think I'm there!

David B


"BoaterDave" wrote in message
...
Your advice is much appeciated, Bruce.

I will endeavour to take everything on board!

David B.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Welcome to OE, Dave.

There isn't the same type of notification here. You understand Watch /
Ignore. You can also Sort By Watch / Ignore which would keep those at the
top of the list.

You can select View | Current View | Show replies to my messages. Only
your posts will be visible.

You can make a rule where any message containing your address is another
color.

The first thing you want to do ASAP is to go to Tools | Accounts | News |
Properties | General, and change your address from
to something like:
lid. You don't need the true address to post and
Spammers use newsgroups to harvest addresses.

Also, while it isn't mandatory, the preferred way of posting is in Plain
Text unless you have to use HTML for something to show to make a point,
like a screen shot.

All in all, even without the same notification opportunities, I believe
you will find it easier to find your messages after many more have been
posted. You will also find that post and replies you send will show up
much more quickly here.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"BoaterDave" wrote in message
...
Hello Bruce

Thank you for your valued responses to me - IMHO you have a wealth of
knowledge (which I'm glad you are eager to share!)

I trust I am now posting as you have suggested.

Further query though. On the MS Communities web site, I can(and do) ask to
be notified if there is a response.

I haven't found the same facility here, though (although I understand
about the specs. and red text).

Is there an alert facility?

David B.