Hmm, never dawned on me there was more than one way. I use Firefox, and
type in groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
(actually, I have that as a bookmark)

When I click on the link I mentioned, there is no "reply" link, though
here on this thread there is.

Diane, I never thought of this group as a "news server". I guess I
don't understand the difference. In any case, I can read the messages,
and I assume that when posting a new thread, that it's still ok to cite
an old thread like I did? Sometimes there is a lot of info in an old
thread that would be kinda dumb to repeat when I can just cite it. Do
you see any reason why that is NOT a good idea?