Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link ) , it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my question and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.
Any ideas on what started this problem ?
Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry

I would assume that is an issue with the clunky Web interface sending you a
bad link if all others in e-mails work. If you want, copy and paste the link
in this thread. If we get a blank page, then it is not Outlook Express at
fault.

Note that most of us use a newsreader such as Outlook Express and not the
Web. It is known for its unreliability.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MSNews:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...


Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my
question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link ) ,
it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my question
and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the
Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.
Any ideas on what started this problem ?
Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry

"leoliver" wrote in message
...


Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link ) , it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my question and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.

Any ideas on what started this problem ?


A bug in the web application that you are using.

You can use the link you get to figure out which thread it is referring to.
Here's my answer to the same question from someone who provided
better detail last month:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...cea&sloc=en-us

quote
Hint: delete the first broken URL and its &url= parameter prefix.
Then convert all the escaped hex characters to their proper ASCII
characters (use CharMap for help with that if necessary).
/quote


Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---

Bruce,
Here's the URL the link took me to :

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...e-b36c7ba35c0e
--
your friend,
Larry


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I would assume that is an issue with the clunky Web interface sending you a
bad link if all others in e-mails work. If you want, copy and paste the link
in this thread. If we get a blank page, then it is not Outlook Express at
fault.

Note that most of us use a newsreader such as Outlook Express and not the
Web. It is known for its unreliability.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MSNews:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...


Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my
question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link ) ,
it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my question
and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the
Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.
Any ideas on what started this problem ?
Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry

It's a bad link you are being sent. Either live with it until / if it is
fixed, or use OE as your newsreader. You don't get e-mail notification, but
there are other options.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...

Bruce,
Here's the URL the link took me to :

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...e-b36c7ba35c0e
--
your friend,
Larry


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I would assume that is an issue with the clunky Web interface sending you
a
bad link if all others in e-mails work. If you want, copy and paste the
link
in this thread. If we get a blank page, then it is not Outlook Express at
fault.

Note that most of us use a newsreader such as Outlook Express and not the
Web. It is known for its unreliability.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MSNews:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...


Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always
select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive
a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my
question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link )
,
it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my question
and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the
Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.
Any ideas on what started this problem ?
Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry

"leoliver" wrote in message
...

Bruce,
Here's the URL the link took me to :

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...e-b36c7ba35c0e


Did you try the conversion technique I mentioned to you?

Take the url= value:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...e-b36c7ba35c0e

and change all the escaped hex to the equivalent ASCII characters

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...e-b36c7ba35c0e


Ok. It looks as if you might have clipped that URL= value. Did more of it wrap to another line in your E-mail?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...c0e&sloc=en-us

That was a guess of what it was. So it looks as if for some reason you are missing just the &sloc=en-us value.

Going backwards, e.g. encoding the ampersand as %26 and the equal sign as %3d it would seem the original URL should have been

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...26sloc%3den-us

Does that work?... View Source shows that it returns just a DOCTYPE which is probably the same bug from the web site that you are
seeing. So, my guess is that you clipped the %26sloc%3den-us from your
example and with it the conversion would work fine (since it is equivalent to a URL that CopyURL,
e.g., Alt-L,Enter with that message open, shows).


HTH

Robert
---

Thanks for your reply , Ill try that .
--
your friend,
Larry


"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:


"leoliver" wrote in message
...

Bruce,
Here's the URL the link took me to :

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...e-b36c7ba35c0e


Did you try the conversion technique I mentioned to you?

Take the url= value:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...e-b36c7ba35c0e

and change all the escaped hex to the equivalent ASCII characters

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...e-b36c7ba35c0e


Ok. It looks as if you might have clipped that URL= value. Did more of it wrap to another line in your E-mail?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...c0e&sloc=en-us

That was a guess of what it was. So it looks as if for some reason you are missing just the &sloc=en-us value.

Going backwards, e.g. encoding the ampersand as %26 and the equal sign as %3d it would seem the original URL should have been

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...26sloc%3den-us

Does that work?... View Source shows that it returns just a DOCTYPE which is probably the same bug from the web site that you are
seeing. So, my guess is that you clipped the %26sloc%3den-us from your
example and with it the conversion would work fine (since it is equivalent to a URL that CopyURL,
e.g., Alt-L,Enter with that message open, shows).


HTH

Robert
---

The link I recieved for this notification was "read the response " instead of
"read and rate the response" . The "read the response " link took me to the
correct web page on this newsgroup . The "read the response " link's url is :

"
http://www.microsoft.com:80/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.inetexplor er.ie6_outlookexpress&mid=1a5d8791-8e86-4bd0-ba4a-21efa7c74001"

Which worked . I'll continue to monitor this and use the links. Although
in addition to using the links ,the best I can , I may also set up a news
group in Outlook Express also.

your friend,
Larry


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It's a bad link you are being sent. Either live with it until / if it is
fixed, or use OE as your newsreader. You don't get e-mail notification, but
there are other options.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...

Bruce,
Here's the URL the link took me to :

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...e-b36c7ba35c0e
--
your friend,
Larry


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I would assume that is an issue with the clunky Web interface sending you
a
bad link if all others in e-mails work. If you want, copy and paste the
link
in this thread. If we get a blank page, then it is not Outlook Express at
fault.

Note that most of us use a newsreader such as Outlook Express and not the
Web. It is known for its unreliability.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MSNews:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...


Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always
select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive
a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my
question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link )
,
it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my question
and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the
Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.
Any ideas on what started this problem ?
Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry

"Bruce Hagen" ...
It's a bad link you are being sent. Either live with it until / if it is
fixed, or use OE as your newsreader. You don't get e-mail notification,
but there are other options.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...

Bruce,
Here's the URL the link took me to :

http://www.microsoft.com:80/wn3/aspx...e-b36c7ba35c0e
--
your friend,
Larry


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

I would assume that is an issue with the clunky Web interface sending
you a
bad link if all others in e-mails work. If you want, copy and paste the
link
in this thread. If we get a blank page, then it is not Outlook Express
at
fault.

Note that most of us use a newsreader such as Outlook Express and not
the
Web. It is known for its unreliability.

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader for MSNews:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"leoliver" wrote in message
...


Hi Everyone,

When I post a question on the Windows news groups forum , I always
select
"notify me of replies" . And for the last month or so , when I receive
a
message in Outlook Express 6 saying that someone has replied to my
question ,
and then I click on the link ( the "Read and rate the Response" link )
,
it
takes me to a blank web-page instead of the page containing my
question
and
the reply.
This problem only began about 6-weeks ago , and only happens with the
"Read and rate the Response" link from e-mail notifications from the
Windows
newsgroups . All other links in Outlook Express work fine.
Any ideas on what started this problem ?
Thanks.

--
your friend,
Larry