Discussion Lists

Discussion lists are one of the greatest treasures of the Internet. Here you have the opportunity to ask questions of a group of tens, hundreds, or thousands of people who are in your field of interest. The web URLs listed here link to pages that provide instructions for subscribing to the lists.

MAPI Developers Forum

The members of this list discuss MAPI and related topics, including CDO, Outlook, and Exchange Server. Subscribers include C, C++, and Visual Basic developers of all skill levels. There are approximately 500 subscribers.

http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/mapi-l.html

Visual Basic List

The members of this list discuss everything related to Visual Basic, including how to use CDO from Visual Basic. This is a large, very active list with developers of all skill levels. There are plenty of advanced Visual Basic developers on this list who are ready to lend a hand when they can. There are approximately 4600 subscribers.

http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/visbas-l.html

Visual Basic Beginner’s List

For beginners who don’t feel comfortable posting to the Visual Basic List, there is the Visual Basic Beginner’s List. There are approximately 1100 subscribers.

http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/visbas-beginners.html

Tip

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