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October 2009 Update  Most of the information contained in this article is out of date.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.

Contents

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 NameSubject
ASPlistsActive Server Pages (ASP) technology
ATLMicrosoft 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-HTMLInternet Explorer--HTML and scripting
ISAPI ISAPI applications and filters
Java-COMUsing Java and COM together
MFCMicrosoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
Windows Media TechnologyWindows Media Technology
MSDN WireMSDN Online Community news
VISBAS-BeginnersVisual Basic beginners
VISBAS-LVisual Basic

You can easily search for other mailing lists through:

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.

SectionNewsgroups
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 toolsMicrosoft 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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