how do I include a link to a newsgroup message

I'm wanting to send a link to a newsgroup message in a news message or
in an email.
How do I do this?
I'm using Forte Agent
Thanks
Jerry

 

http://groups.google.be/groups?q=&rnum=1

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Highlight the message and press the 'H' key to
get full headers. Copy the part of Message-ID
between the < and > and paste it after "
Message-ID: <>

becomes:

 

Simple
Thanks people
Jerry

 

Just show the Message ID, from its headers. That can be given to
any good news client for retrieval. Some require the name of the
newsgroup, so include that:

newsgroup: 24hoursupport.helpdesk
Message-ID: <>

Recipient can take it from there.

 

Okay I've done this and it works fine for me.
But when others click on the link (they use usenet and have a
newsgroup provider), they either get nothing, or claim to get a
completely different message with a different message ID.

And does
get you the same place as
news://

it seems to for me

Thanks,
Jerry

 

Not really. News messages are vastly different than web pages.
A web page usually lives on one server until it's intentionally
deleted. A news message lives on many servers until it "expires",
and is automatically deleted, often in a few days or weeks.

When a browser requests a web page, it gets it from the server
at the address you see. When a browser or newsreader requests
a message, it requests it from _its own news server_.

That means that one person can click on the link and maybe
get the message from _their own news server_ while someone
else will click on it and _their different news server_
will not have the message.

Furthermore, not everyone has access to a news server. They
are usually part of an ISP access account, but not always.

If someone reads news via Google groups, they won't be able
to use those links. I do. I couldn't.

The message ID does not tell the browser/newsreader where to
find the message, but which message _on the local news server_
to look for. Don't the ending "@foo.com" fool you. Your news
reader isn't going there. It's going to the NNTP server you
are configured for.

The solution is to locate the news message somewhere you can
depend on to keep the message. One way to do this is to find
the message on Google groups or some other web-based news
service. Or you could keep the message on your own server.

Using the "protocol is iffy at best.

HTH

 

Those message IDs are unavailable on my main server,
two others, and also on Google groups.

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