[Info-vax] Using CSWB for the HP-forums on their new web-portal

[RobertsonEricW]

On Jul 12, 8:21 am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <be62$4e1c3601$82a13c9d$12... at news1.tudelft.nl>, JOUKJ <jo... at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> writes:
> >Hi all,
>
> >Did anyone try to use CSWB on a OpenVMS machine to post messages to the
> >(OpenVMS-)forums on HP's new support web-portal.
> >I did not succeed: everything I typed seems to get lost. I could only
> >get the "quote" in when I was replying to a post..
> >Anybody more luck?
>
> This "new" and "improved" site may be new but it is anything but improved.
> I entered my username and password, and then wait for minutes to get back
> the message:  HP Passport is unavailable.
>
> It took several days until my SAID was synched up where I could access the
> patch database.
>
> And, one of the more unnerving things of all is that Google references to
> the old ITRC are all useless.  If you go to search for something related
> to VMS, you're likely to find a wealth of dead-end referneces to the ITRC.
>
> The only winning move is to come back to comp.os.vms! :)
>
> --
> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker    VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
>
> All your spirit rack abuses, come to haunt you back by day.
> All your Byzantine excuses, given time, given you away.

Yes. You would think that it would not have been that hard to provide
redirects for the old ITRC links to the corresponding "new" ITRC URI's.