The problem I had on CompuServe was that the requirements for answering queries were too strict. You MUST put valid code in any response, you MUST check the code works first, etc. Basically, you MUST tell the enquirer EXACTLY how to solve the problem. I think people from UT will find that difficult. I prefer to point somebody in the direction where they can find the solution, not to tell them. That way, they learn MUCH more.

>Hi,
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>As of today most US based forums on CompuServe are open to everyone having one of the following accounts:
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> - CompuServe Classic
> - CompuServe 200
> - AOL
> - Instant Messenger
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>If you don't have such an account you can create a FREE account on the login screen. When doing so, CompuServe sends a mail to the specified Email address to which you have to respond with "OK" in the message body. This is used to validate the Email address. After that you use this account for most forums on CompuServe.
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>The CompuServe MSDEVAPP forum would like to invite you to visit us. The MS Developer Application forum consists of sections for Visual FoxPro, MS Access, Visual Basic, SQL Server and the Help Authoring tools. You can access it via the following URL:
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>http://go.compuserve.com/msdevapps
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>International users who can't get in via the above URL, please use:
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>http://go.compuserve.com/msdevapps?LOC=US
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>Even without a CompuServe account you now have full access to the forum, which consists in reading and creating messages, searching the message base and the file library, downloading any of the roughly 8500 files in our library, participating in chats, etc.
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>I hope that some of you who left the CompuServe forum because it wasn't web based or you needed additional software will come in for a short visit and say hello to everyone. The chatter section is active as always and Norm Weil is waiting to increase his message count again. *bg*
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>See you soon in the MSDEVAPP forum!
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>Christof
>Syson in MSDEVAPP