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Posted by Jeff on March 31, 2008, 10:35 am
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Jeff
R. C. White wrote:
> Hi, Jeff.
>
> I see you are using Outlook Express 6. So, just click here:
>
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.money
>
> That will fire up OE (if it is not already running); create the News
> Account for the Microsoft public news server, which is free and does
> not require a logon; connect you to the Money NG; download the 300
> newest posts; and display the newest message in the Preview Pane.
>
> As Laura said, this is hosted on the Microsoft servers, one of more
> than 2,000 public newsgroups there. Since they are public, messages
> from these newsgroups are "slurped" by many other news servers and
> relayed - with any responses - back and forth to and from the
> subscribers of those other servers (some free, some paid, some
> bundled into the price of the ISP's service - like my ISP). The
> relay process can result in messages that are delayed or out of
> sequence or simply lost. So, even if the newsgroups you want are
> available from your ISP or another free source, it's best to connect
> directly to the MS servers and "cut out the middleman".
> RC
>
>> Where is the Money newsgroup? I could not find it.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> Oilcan wrote:
>>> I had used Money 2005 for about six months. It was a resource hog
>>> on my machine, to much interaction with the web, too many ads and
>>> at the time in early 2005, the "Yodlee" interface was unreliable.
>>>
>>> I did find Money's reporting capabilities more to my liking. I
>>> switched back to Quicken 2005 in May 2005 when my Money file became
>>> so corrupted that I couldn't fix it - even with the backups I had
>>> :(. It took me a lot of time to get my Quicken files in order.
>>>
>>> The one other item I remember is the Money newsgroup was much more
>>> active with this one. However, I am sure they have some satisfied
>>> users.
>>> Oilcan
>>>
>>>>> For what it is worth, I was playing today with MS Money Plus
>>>>> Deluxe and thought to share some thoughts.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is absolutely terrible. Many of its features (retirement
>>>>> planner among others) only work if connected to the internet -
>>>>> which means it uses the Microsoft website instead of the
>>>>> purchased program. Many other components are similar and to work
>>>>> they require not only internet access but - to make things worse
>>>>> - permitting Active-X in Internet Explorer with all the risks
>>>>> involved. Just thought to share. Quicken is way better and at
>>>>> least privacy
>>>>> is better because your numbers remain on your PC instead of
>>>>> someone else's website.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> I used MS$ until the end of last year, MSMoney2005. When the
>>>> downloads quit, I also got tired of it's increasing slowness and
>>>> decided
>>>> it was time to switch. I'm fairly happy with the switch to Quicken
>>>> but conversion was such a PITA I ended up doing the switchover
>>>> at year end instead. So I've got a lot of historical still
>>>> there. I was also driven by family succession planning since the
>>>> next generation
>>>> uses Quicken. If I get hit by a bus, my wife is going to need the
>>>> kids to help her. She's a real Luddite!
>>>>
>>>> I was able to do "planning" and other tasks without the Internet
>>>> connection, perhaps the newer Money does different.
>>>>
>>>> Like Quicken, MSMoney will load your information onto the
>>>> corresponding website but you can disable that. I find them both
>>>> to be about the same, doing the same things only different approach
>>>> and UI. I DO find, however that Quicken is much faster.
>>>>
>>>> Still learning some of it's methods to better fit me however.
>>>> Especially the quickfill on entry.
>>>>
>>>> In my experience, MSMoney does a much better job at getting stock
>>>> quotes in a consistent and timely manner. Not being a day trader
>>>> it is not any kind of problem for me.
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