NewsGroups

[Rich Wonneberger]

I am having a problem setting up Windows Mail in Vista for newsgroups only.
This is a new system I just set up. I was using SeaMonkey for
newsgroups in the old system without problems.
The first night I set up a few groups from msnews.microsoft.com
I was able to send 2 messages no problem.
The next night I did see the messages posted.
Then I added more groups from 2 other servers.
Now when I try to post it asks for credentials.
I somehow found what to set in the e-mail (not newsgroup) part for 2 of
3 messages to go out.
This only worked once, the next night I could not send any more.
I installed SeaMonkey to post this message, no problems or ID/Password
needed.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

TIA
Rich W.

 

[Steve Cochran]

For msnews, the Communities feature is having major problems, so go to Tools
| Accounts (select msnews or Communities) | Properties | Windows Live ID and
select the option not to use the Communities feature. Then you also have to
go to Tools | Options | Read and uncheck the option to download xxx headers
at a time. Then you'll be able to post without problems and will receive
all the messages in the NG.

steve