Re: AT&T Usenet Netnews Service Shutting Down

WTF does this have to do with Windows Update, Louise?

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

Setting up Windows Mail (Vista) to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mi...-windows-mail/



Louise wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:40:00 GMT, <news-> wrote:
>
>>
>> Please note that on or around July 15, 2009, AT&T will no longer be
>> offering access to the Usenet netnews service. If you wish to continue
>> reading Usenet newsgroups, access is available through third-party
>> vendors.
>>
>> Posted only internally to AT&T Usenet Servers.
>
>
> I talked with ATT on the phone about the cancellation of Usenet
> Access. The person I talked to had never heard of Usenet! But after
> some research he quoted an internal memo that the cancellation was
> only in the "Pac Bell Area" which includes San Francisco and LA and
> not in the midwest (Ameritech area) where I am.
>
> Louise