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October 2009 Update Most of the information contained in this article is out of date. Please visit Microsoft Technical Communities on the Microsoft Help and Support website for information on available community offerings, including newsgroups and discussion groups.

One of the best ways to solve problems and learn valuable techniques is by discussing issues and questions with people who are using the same technologies as you. Various companies sponsor many mailing lists and newsgroups where you can interact with your peers. New areas are frequently opened and old ones closed, so be sure to search for current ones. Here's a sampling of some interesting areas, and instructions for locating others.

Mailing Lists
Newsgroups

Mailing Lists

Mailing lists send messages to you through e-mail, and you send messages to the list the same way. They work with most e-mail programs, though some may have problems with certain options. Most mailing lists offer digest subscriptions, which send all of the messages for each day in a single large message. Please read the Microsoft Mailing List User's Guide for detailed instructions on using Microsoft's mailing lists.

Click on the list names below for further information on each mailing list, including subscription instructions.

List Name	Subject
ASPlists	Active Server Pages (ASP) technology
ATL	Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) technology
Authenticode	Microsoft Trust Verification Services
CIFS	Microsoft Common Internet File System (CIFS)
CryptoAPI	Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
DCOM	Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
IE-HTML	Internet Explorer--HTML and scripting
ISAPI	ISAPI applications and filters
Java-COM	Using Java and COM together
MFC	Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
Windows Media Technology	Windows Media Technology
MSDN Wire	MSDN Online Community news
VISBAS-Beginners	Visual Basic beginners
VISBAS-L	Visual Basic

You can easily search for other mailing lists through:

L-Soft CataList, the catalog of LISTSERV lists (http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html)
Liszt: Searchable Directory of Mailing Lists (http://www.liszt.com/)

Newsgroups

For your convenience, we've compiled a list of Usenet newsgroups that focus on Internet technologies, Windows-based programming, and content development.

We also provide links to the Microsoft Product Support area of the Microsoft Web site where you can quickly search for Microsoft's Usenet Newsgroups where Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) work to support users.

For tips on using Usenet, searching through groups, finding specific groups, or just to find out more about newsgroups, see the Google Groups site on the World Wide Web.

Peer-to-peer newsgroups are available to help you interact with other users of our products, including Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). A Microsoft MVP is a professional who voluntaily provides assistance to users through online forums. For more information, please visit the Microsoft MVP page.

In addition, Microsoft MSDN Online members have access to developer newsgroups with the Online Special Interest Groups' Web-based newsgroup reader.

Section	Newsgroups
Internet browsers	>news:comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows Web browsers for Microsoft Windows >news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc Web browsers for Microsoft Windows Microsoft newsgroups for Internet Explorer Internet Explorer for all platforms, plus Netmeeting, scripting, Java, Internet mail, and news
Internet servers	>news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows Web servers for Microsoft Windows and Windows NT Microsoft newsgroups for Internet Explorer Setup, usage, ActiveX™ server, and dbWeb
Web content development	>news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web >news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html Writing HTML for the Web >news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images Using images and image maps on the Web >news:comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc Miscellaneous Web authoring issues
Authoring tools	Microsoft newsgroups for FrontPage Client, UNIX, and Windows NT Extensions
Programming, general	>news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.controls Controls, dialogs, and VBXes >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Programming Microsoft Windows >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole OLE 2, COM, and DDE programming Microsoft newsgroups for ActiveX and Java ActiveX SDK, controls, programming, and Java >Microsoft newsgroup for Microsoft Agent Programming interactive personalities within the Windows interface
Languages and tools	>news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 32-bit Windows programming interfaces >news:comp.lang.c The C language >news:comp.lang.c++ The object-oriented C++ language >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc MFC-based development for Windows >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc Windows development tools >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock Windows Sockets programming tools >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.controls Controls, dialogs, and VBXes >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole OLE 2, COM, and DDE programming >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 32-bit Windows programming interfaces >alt.lang.basic General coverage of the BASIC language >news:comp.lang.basic General coverage of the BASIC language >news:comp.lang.basic.misc General coverage of the BASIC language >news:comp.lang.basic.visual.3rdparty Add-ins for Visual Basic >news:comp.lang.basic.visual.announce Official information on Visual Basic (moderated) >news:comp.lang.basic.visual.database Database aspects of Visual Basic >news:comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Visual Basic in general >alt.lang.vrml VRML discussion Microsoft newsgroups for Visual Basic Controls, databases, OLE, and the Windows API Microsoft newsgroups for Visual C++ MFC, events, utilities, and ActiveX Microsoft newsgroups for Visual J++ Installation, compiler, development, and debugger Microsoft newsgroups for Win32 Development Kernel, MAPI, TAPI, RPC, multimedia, and OLE Microsoft newsgroups for Win16 Graphics, printing, kernel, and networks Microsoft newsgroup for XML Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Databases	>news:comp.databases.ms-access Microsoft Access database discussion >news:comp.databases.ms-sqlserver Microsoft SQL Server and related products Microsoft newsgroups for SQL Server Connections, ODBC, programming, and replication Microsoft newsgroups for Access Tables, queries, forms, modules, ODBC, security, and more Microsoft newsgroups for dbWeb (See page for Internet Information Server)
Windows, networking	>news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.networks Network programming >news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.announce Windows NT announcements (moderated) >news:comp.os.ms-windows.announce Announcements relating to Windows (moderated) >news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock Windows Sockets programming >news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc Windows and other networks >news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip Windows and TCP/IP networking >news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows Windows built-in networking
Windows NT and network administration	>news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.ras Windows RAS networking >news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc Windows NT system administration >news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking Windows NT network administration >news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc General discussion on Windows NT Microsoft newsgroups for Windows NT Domain administration, netware, printing, communication, and more
Encryption and security technologies	>news:comp.security.announce Security technology announcements >news:comp.security.misc Computer and network security issues >sci.crypt Cryptography

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