how to set up usenet newsgroups in windows live mail?

[Neerav]

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[Quaoar]

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The newsgroup server is msnews.microsoft.com . This should get you
connected and able to download the newsgroup list to select from.

Q

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Neerav.

Click here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

That one click should start Windows Live Mail (if it is the default news
client and is not already running); create a News Account for the Microsoft
public news server, which is free and does not require a login; subscribe
you to THIS newsgroup; download the 300 latest headers; and display the
latest message in the Reading Pane. Later, you can click Tools | Options
and customize it in many ways to suit yourself.

Whoops! You said Usenet newsgroups. That depends on which news server you
subscribe to. You will need to learn that from your ISP or other provider.
Mine is news.grandecom.net, but that doesn't do you much good. When you
find the server name, click Tools | Accounts | Add and follow the
instructions to create your account with that server.

If you've used Outlook Express or Windows Mail, the process will be very
familiar.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Neerav]

how did this thread get over here...

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/118362-how-set-up-usenet-newsgroups-windows-live-mail.html

and here...

http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=884948

Neerav

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Neerav.

I haven't visited those URLs, but there are MANY websites out there that
simply "slurp" content from the Microsoft public news servers, as well as
from Usenet. When they give proper credit, it can be A Good Thing,
spreading knowledge and wisdom far and wide. But, all too often, the site
gives the distinct impression that this wisdom originated on their wonderful
site. That is NOT A Good Thing! :>(

Well, now I clicked on the links in your message and see that both
Vistax64.com and forums.techarena.in have done exactly what I said: They
are reproducing - verbatim - the posts that you and I made here - without
credit or attribution - and are obviously using our posts to generate
revenue from the ads shown on their pages. That is dishonest - and
despicable - in my opinion. I wonder if those sites will post THIS message
verbatim.

We have to recognize that anything we post here is public information. So
far as I know, we have no copyright. That is why my posts often go into
more detail than necessary to answer the specific question: We never know
who will be "reading over our shoulders", and many of the readers will not
be as expert as you and I. So we have to TRY to make sure that we can be
understood, and, often more important, that our post cannot possibly be
MISunderstood.

Just remember that my newsgroup posts AND YOURS are PUBLIC - and
EVERLASTING! So watch your language and don't post anything that you
wouldn't want your Mom or your wife or your boss to read.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Neerav]

got ur message.

Neerav

Hi, Neerav.

I haven't visited those URLs, but there are MANY websites out there that
simply "slurp" content from the Microsoft public news servers, as well as
from Usenet. When they give proper credit, it can be A Good Thing,
spreading knowledge and wisdom far and wide. But, all too often, the site
gives the distinct impression that this wisdom originated on their
wonderful site. That is NOT A Good Thing! :>(

Well, now I clicked on the links in your message and see that both
Vistax64.com and forums.techarena.in have done exactly what I said: They
are reproducing - verbatim - the posts that you and I made here - without
credit or attribution - and are obviously using our posts to generate
revenue from the ads shown on their pages. That is dishonest - and
despicable - in my opinion. I wonder if those sites will post THIS
message verbatim.

We have to recognize that anything we post here is public information. So
far as I know, we have no copyright. That is why my posts often go into
more detail than necessary to answer the specific question: We never know
who will be "reading over our shoulders", and many of the readers will not
be as expert as you and I. So we have to TRY to make sure that we can be
understood, and, often more important, that our post cannot possibly be
MISunderstood.

Just remember that my newsgroup posts AND YOURS are PUBLIC - and
EVERLASTING! So watch your language and don't post anything that you
wouldn't want your Mom or your wife or your boss to read.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Daddy Tadpole]

Thanks for the link:

Unfortunately it doesn't tell you how to set up a news account, and logging
into Microsoft so-called "communities" just adds to the confusion.

This hotmail/livemail stuff seems to be in something of a mess; at least I
can't find my way around, for example to subscribe to a newsgroup.

I use the standard Outlook Express / Windows Mail facilities, but my
postings (which have no objectionable content) don't always seem to get
through.

Regards