http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jblizzard/archive/2003/08/19/24595.aspxNewsgroups are such a wonderful resource.  People can post questions and get quality answers.  I use Outlook Express and lurk in the “microsoft.public.dotnet.*” groups.  What's really cool is that there are people who are experts in their field(s) whoen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jblizzard/archive/2003/08/19/24595.aspx#27388Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:07:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:27388musings from a snowstorm....<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=27388" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jblizzard/archive/2003/08/19/24595.aspx#24667Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:23:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:24667jim blizzardYep. I use google group search quite a bit when researching an issue. <br> <br>I've cut down on the number of things that are pushed to me. I tend to let them queue up in my inbox until I file them in a &quot;read later&quot; folder... <br> <br>MS also has an internal newsreader tool. Using the tool I can quickly see if anyone else from MS has taken &quot;ownership&quot; of a particular post. It's pretty cool. <br> <br>MS is trying to increase developer satisfaction, and many (most?) of the people in the product groups have goals about responding to newsgroup posts.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24667" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jblizzard/archive/2003/08/19/24595.aspx#24660Wed, 20 Aug 2003 02:44:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:24660Alex LoweThe newsgroups are great! <br> <br>If you interested in something that doesn't require an additional application (assuming you aren't running OE as your mail client) and that are a little more &quot;push&quot; then you should check out the email lists at http://aspadvice.com. <br> <br>If you like the &quot;pull&quot; interfaces on the web then I highly suggest the message boards/forums at http://asp.net/forums and http://www.aspmessageboards.com. <br> <br><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24660" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jblizzard/archive/2003/08/19/24595.aspx#24611Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:55:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:24611Jerry DennanyAgreed - and http://groups.google.com to access the group archives can be a near and dear friend.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24611" width="1" height="1">