how do I join a newsgroup?

[Guest]

how do I join a newsgroup?

 

[Kirrin Jones]

You already have!

 

[Vanguard]

how do I join a newsgroup?

Don't use the webnews-for-dummies interface to newsgroups. If you can't
find an option there to subscribe (which probably means they need to
leave a cookie on your host so they can track your choices) then they
don't provide that features. Start using a real newsreader, like
Outlook Express, Forte, Xnews, XanaNews, Gravity, or whichever one you
like. A real newsreader program will have far more features than a
webnews interface, like being able to flag threads to watch and sorting
the headers list so the watched threads are at the top. They also let
you subscribe to newsgroups which merely means the newsgroup remains
available for later selection in the next session of using that
newsreader program.

Check with your ISP as to what, if any, newsgroups service that they
provide and the setup needed to use their NNTP server. You can connect
to the msnews.microsoft.com server but that one just carries the
microsoft.public.* newsgroups (but that would also eliminate using up
any monthly quota with your own ISP's NNTP server by using the free one
from Microsoft when you participate in those groups).

 

[Guest]

Vanguard,
I don't like using web based newsgroups either. I used to be able to read
or access real newsgroups through Office 2003 (goto news). I cannot find in
2007 beta2 where I can access newsgroups.

Anyone got any ideas? Or has Microsoft removed this feature and I'll have
to download another news reader?

Frustrating.
W.

 

[Milly Staples - MVP Outlook]

Outlook never had a news reader. It always called Outlook Express from the
GoTo command. However misleading the "Outlook NewsReader" title may have
been, it was always Outlook Express in news only mode.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Wesley asked:

| Vanguard,
| I don't like using web based newsgroups either. I used to be able to
| read or access real newsgroups through Office 2003 (goto news). I
| cannot find in 2007 beta2 where I can access newsgroups.
|
| Anyone got any ideas? Or has Microsoft removed this feature and I'll
| have to download another news reader?
|
| Frustrating.
| W.
|
| "Vanguard" wrote:
|
|| message ||| how do I join a newsgroup?
||
||
|| Don't use the webnews-for-dummies interface to newsgroups. If you
|| can't find an option there to subscribe (which probably means they
|| need to leave a cookie on your host so they can track your choices)
|| then they don't provide that features. Start using a real
|| newsreader, like Outlook Express, Forte, Xnews, XanaNews, Gravity,
|| or whichever one you like. A real newsreader program will have far
|| more features than a webnews interface, like being able to flag
|| threads to watch and sorting the headers list so the watched threads
|| are at the top. They also let you subscribe to newsgroups which
|| merely means the newsgroup remains available for later selection in
|| the next session of using that newsreader program.
||
|| Check with your ISP as to what, if any, newsgroups service that they
|| provide and the setup needed to use their NNTP server. You can
|| connect to the msnews.microsoft.com server but that one just carries
|| the microsoft.public.* newsgroups (but that would also eliminate
|| using up any monthly quota with your own ISP's NNTP server by using
|| the free one from Microsoft when you participate in those groups).
||
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[Guest]

Milly,
yes I release that. Is there someway I can call the Outlook Express
newsreader from Outlook 2007, the same as 2003 did?

W.