Oh-yeah, Tom
If your reading this,
Sorry about the thread thingy stuff,
never was good at sewing.
Kidding...
Is that for Search Engine or something?
Just wondering, have a feeling I'll be using These posts
often.
There are two ways to access and read these newsgroups: web browser or
newsreader. Tom was referring to how the thread is treated by many
newsreader programs.
Since you say that you may be using the groups more often, now may be the
time to give one of these programs a whirl. There are third party programs
available and Outlook Express that is already included with XP.
A few of the benefits of using a newsreader over the web interface: Easier
to navigate groups and threads (series of related posts- original post and
replies). Easier to save posts with tips that you want to hang onto.
Message rules for filtering on subject or author. Most important: easier to
relocate a thread that you're interested in and want to follow as it
progresses.
A reference page for setting OE up for
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources.htm
Note: If you are using Outlook for email, it "borrows" OE to handle
newsgroups. Access news using Outlook's menus or add a space and /outnews
to the end of an OE shortcut's target line and use the altered OE shortcut.
