petty annoyance

[Anne Troy]

Hi, Ralphael. Well, if you want to learn, I'll teach you! You can reach me
on Yahoo Instant Messenger as vbaexpresser but I'm sorry--I will not install
AIM for anybody.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Gordon]

Got it, Gordon. Thanks a ton!! I didn't realize I had to create a different
account for it. Who knew? Yer a sweetie for sticking with me. Thanks
again.

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~Anne Troy

You're welcome! Enjoy!

 

[Ralphael1]

G'day Anne:
Thanx love but you are talking to the OLD one that failed the class in
computer stupid 1. Yahoo Instant Messanger? naw, I don't think so.
Many, many thnaks for the help offer.
Ralphael, the OLD

 

[Sandy Mann]

G'day Anne:
Thanx love but you are talking to the OLD one that failed the class in
computer stupid 1. Yahoo Instant Messanger? naw, I don't think so.
Many, many thnaks for the help offer.
Ralphael, the OLD

Ralphael,

From Chip Pearson's page on connecting directly to the ms server:

AOL uses a proprietary news protocol, so an AOL member cannot connect
directly to the MS server using AOL's proprietary newsreader. However, an
AOL member should be able to use an NNTP newsreader after establishing an
Internet connection via AOL Link.

I've never used AOL so I cannot help you there but perhaps someone who has
will offer to talk you through it - it is certainly well worth it.

--
Best wishes


Sandy
(e-mail address removed)
Replace@mailinator with @tiscali.co.uk

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

Anne Troy shared this with us in microsoft.public.excel.newusers:

Gordon: I use OE to read the newsgroups. Is it "proper"?

No, OE is NOT a "proper" newsreader.
According to the GNKSA Evaluations (Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval,
http://www.newsreaders.com/gnksa/gnksa-evaluations.html), Outlook
Express scores rather bad:

Non-passing software

The following software FAILS the standards set by the Good Net-Keeping
Seal of Approval (ordered by percentage of satisfied MUSTs as
indicated):

OE 4.71: 85%
OE 5.00: 77%
OE 5.50: 67%


Passing Software

The following software PASSES all MUSTs as required by the Good
Net-Keeping Seal of Approval (ordered by percentage of satisfied
SHOULDs as indicated):

* NewsHound 0.66.7 [100%] (Seal No.: 000015)
* Xnews 2.05.10 [100%] (Seal No.: 000012)
* AllNews 1.30 [93%] (Seal No.: 000009)
* Gnus 5.070044 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.44) [85%] (Seal No.: 000011)
* Microplanet Gravity 2.10b3 [70%] (Seal No.: 000007)
* Noworyta News Reader 1.6 [67%] (Seal No.: 000021)
* Slrn 0.9.5.5 [67%] (Seal No.: 000013)
* Turnpike 5.01 [67%] (Seal No.: 000018)

These are the only "proper" newsreaders for the Windows platform.
Yes that means my current newsreader (Xananews) isn't a proper one.

 

[Ken McLennan]

G'Gday there People,

These are the only "proper" newsreaders for the Windows platform.
Yes that means my current newsreader (Xananews) isn't a proper one.

There's also "40tude Dialog" which I'm downloading as I type. It's
still in beta, but some of the comments I've read in Blogs, etc.
indicate that it's pretty damned good already. Might be worth a look.

Written to you from a garden variety Microplanet Gravity.

See ya