Thanks Gary S. Terhune

[JP]

Thanks Gary. For some reason my own posts don't show up in my in my news
list. I read your reply on the msnews web page. Thanks JP
You can't stop History from listing My Computer items. I have no trouble
right-clicking My Computer in History and deleting it with no affect on the
other items. You can also selectively delete History items by finding them
in the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\.

HTH,

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

You're welcome

If you want to get the best results from newsgroups, stop using that MS
website and start using a real newsreader -- like Outlook Express. Just
click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

No password, no username, no nothing. Just make sure that when you're
prompted to input an email address you use one that is entirely bogus, like
the following:

nobody_at_nothing.not

Spammers harvest email addresses from newsgroups. Don't use a real email
address (or one that could even be real, since it might be someone else's),
and don't put a real one into the body of your message. For instance, when I
want to list my real email address, I write it thusly:

gary_at_grystmill.com (that's not my real address, but it could be.)

For more info, see:
http://dts-l.com/ (several good links in the left-hand menu.)

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

LOL! My lips are sealed, <g>.

 

[none]

Thanks Again Gary; I was posting via OE. I was only reading the posts on the MS
website. When I post via OE my posts are being listed on the MS server but when I
download new headers my posts are not downloaded to my machine. I have posted to
this forum many times before with no problems. I downloaded a free news reader and I
am posting from it now. Any idea what my problem with OE is? Thanks JP

You're welcome

If you want to get the best results from newsgroups, stop using that MS
website and start using a real newsreader -- like Outlook Express. Just
click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

No password, no username, no nothing. Just make sure that when you're
prompted to input an email address you use one that is entirely bogus, like
the following:

nobody_at_nothing.not

Spammers harvest email addresses from newsgroups. Don't use a real email
address (or one that could even be real, since it might be someone else's),
and don't put a real one into the body of your message. For instance, when I
want to list my real email address, I write it thusly:

gary_at_grystmill.com (that's not my real address, but it could be.)

For more info, see:
http://dts-l.com/ (several good links in the left-hand menu.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

Thanks Gary. For some reason my own posts don't show up in my in my news
list. I read your reply on the msnews web page. Thanks JP You can't stop
History from listing My Computer items. I have no trouble
right-clicking My Computer in History and deleting it with no affect on
the
other items. You can also selectively delete History items by finding them
in the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\.

HTH,

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Not off the top of my head, and I'm going to be away a lot for the next few
days. Maybe ask in an OE group? Or someone will come along with the links...

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

Thanks Again Gary; I was posting via OE. I was only reading the posts on
the MS
website. When I post via OE my posts are being listed on the MS server but
when I
download new headers my posts are not downloaded to my machine. I have
posted to
this forum many times before with no problems. I downloaded a free news
reader and I
am posting from it now. Any idea what my problem with OE is? Thanks JP

You're welcome

If you want to get the best results from newsgroups, stop using that MS
website and start using a real newsreader -- like Outlook Express. Just
click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

No password, no username, no nothing. Just make sure that when you're
prompted to input an email address you use one that is entirely bogus,
like
the following:

nobody_at_nothing.not

Spammers harvest email addresses from newsgroups. Don't use a real email
address (or one that could even be real, since it might be someone
else's),
and don't put a real one into the body of your message. For instance, when
I
want to list my real email address, I write it thusly:

gary_at_grystmill.com (that's not my real address, but it could be.)

For more info, see:
http://dts-l.com/ (several good links in the left-hand menu.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

Thanks Gary. For some reason my own posts don't show up in my in my news
list. I read your reply on the msnews web page. Thanks JP You can't stop
History from listing My Computer items. I have no trouble
right-clicking My Computer in History and deleting it with no affect on
the
other items. You can also selectively delete History items by finding
them
in the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\.

HTH,