How to Access Groups

[robjkc]

When I try to access a group such as:

http://bytes.com/groups/

or

http://bytes.com/groups/net-c/

I get the following message:

"you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"

Can someone tell me what the groups are and how I can access them?

Thanks!

[Curtis Rutland]

Why do you ask?

Those are our newsgroup archives, accessible through the Archives link at the bottom of the page.

[robjkc]

Since I'm new here I was wondering what the difference was between the groups and the forums. Are the groups something of the past, which is why they are archived? I saw that there was a .NET forum, but since I was more interested in C# I wanted to take a look at the .NET/C# group, but when try to access via the url above I got permission denied.

[Curtis Rutland]

The archives are actually from newsgroups, so they aren't something you can post to...if you want to ask questions or provide answers, you will need to visit the .NET forum.