"smerf" <sm***@shroom.comwrote in message
news:mM******************@bignews5.bellsouth.net.. .
(We really need a newsgroup devoted to application programming questions -
design patterns, actual code swapping, etc. - ....not just languages.)
There are, in fact, newsgroups dedicated to algorithm and coding issues, as
well as newsgroups dedicated to the use of TCP/IP. For the most part,
you're not going to find those newsgroups under the
microsoft.public.dotnet.* hierarchy.
I agree that your question is not on-topic here. IMHO, the solution is just
to find the right newsgroup and use that one, rather than cross-posting over
a number of wrong newsgroups.
Just because you're coding using .NET, C#, VB.NET or whatever, that doesn't
mean all programming questions you might have are .NET, C#, VB.NET or
whatever newsgroups.
Hope that helps...for what it's worth, while you may find an answer through
your excessive cross-posting to unrelated newsgroups, you are much more
likely to get exactly the advice you want if you take the time to find the
right newsgroup and post your question there. This isn't just about being
nice to the newsgroups...you will also have more personal success by being
nice to the newsgroups.
Pete