Outlook and News Groups

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Jan Groshan

Does Outlook 2007 have the ability to access news group news servers, the
way Outlook Express does, and if so, how do I set it up ?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

No, never has and hopefully never will. You set up your news groups in OE or Windows Mail.

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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.

Does Outlook 2007 have the ability to access news group news servers, the
way Outlook Express does, and if so, how do I set it up ?
 
F

F. H. Muffman

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
No, never has and hopefully never will. You set up your news groups in
OE or Windows Mail.

And if you're going to use the Microsoft newsgroups regularly, you might
want to consider connecting directly to msnews.microsoft.com rather than
Prodidgy's news server, which seems to add a very annoying little graphic to
the bottom of your messages.
 
J

Jan Groshan

I don't use Prodigy's news server. My news server is called "SBC News
Server". (Maybe SBC uses Prodigy's news server!) The "annoying little
graphic" (which I don't see when download the newsgroup messages) could be
because I have Hot Bar installed to work with my Outlook Express, and since
I use Outlook Express to access the news groups, Hot Bar automatically
attaches a "Play Games for Free - Click Here" message to my postings.




F. H. Muffman said:
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
No, never has and hopefully never will. You set up your news groups in
OE or Windows Mail.

And if you're going to use the Microsoft newsgroups regularly, you might
want to consider connecting directly to msnews.microsoft.com rather than
Prodidgy's news server, which seems to add a very annoying little graphic to
the bottom of your messages.
 
F

F. H. Muffman

I don't use Prodigy's news server. My news server is called "SBC News
Server". (Maybe SBC uses Prodigy's news server!) The "annoying little
graphic" (which I don't see when download the newsgroup messages) could
be because I have Hot Bar installed to work with my Outlook Express, and
since I use Outlook Express to access the news groups, Hot Bar
automatically attaches a "Play Games for Free - Click Here" message to my
postings.

Then yes, it would be HotBar, since that is what is there, a 'play games for
free- click here' image. Very annoying.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

And be very aware that Hotbar has been labelled malware by many sites with removal instructions. I would never touch it in a million years.

Do yourself a favor, download HijackThis! and see how many BHOs you have installed that can install key loggers, etc.

Nasty piece of software that Hotbar.

--
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, Jan Groshan asked:

| I don't use Prodigy's news server. My news server is called "SBC News
| Server". (Maybe SBC uses Prodigy's news server!) The "annoying little
| graphic" (which I don't see when download the newsgroup messages)
| could be because I have Hot Bar installed to work with my Outlook
| Express, and since I use Outlook Express to access the news groups,
| Hot Bar automatically attaches a "Play Games for Free - Click Here"
| message to my postings.
|
|
|
|
| | > "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| > | >>> Does Outlook 2007 have the ability to access news group news
| servers, the
| >>> way Outlook Express does, and if so, how do I set it up ?
| >>
| >> No, never has and hopefully never will. You set up your news
| groups in >> OE or Windows Mail.
| >
| > And if you're going to use the Microsoft newsgroups regularly, you
| might > want to consider connecting directly to msnews.microsoft.com
| rather than > Prodidgy's news server, which seems to add a very
| annoying little graphic to
| > the bottom of your messages.
| > --
| > f.h.
| >
 
J

Jan Groshan

OK, you convinced me. I've deleted Hot Bar from my computer. What's a BHO ??

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
And be very aware that Hotbar has been labelled malware by many sites with
removal instructions. I would never touch it in a million years.

Do yourself a favor, download HijackThis! and see how many BHOs you have
installed that can install key loggers, etc.

Nasty piece of software that Hotbar.

--
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, Jan Groshan asked:

| I don't use Prodigy's news server. My news server is called "SBC News
| Server". (Maybe SBC uses Prodigy's news server!) The "annoying little
| graphic" (which I don't see when download the newsgroup messages)
| could be because I have Hot Bar installed to work with my Outlook
| Express, and since I use Outlook Express to access the news groups,
| Hot Bar automatically attaches a "Play Games for Free - Click Here"
| message to my postings.
|
|
|
|
| | > "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| > | >>> Does Outlook 2007 have the ability to access news group news
| servers, the
| >>> way Outlook Express does, and if so, how do I set it up ?
| >>
| >> No, never has and hopefully never will. You set up your news
| groups in >> OE or Windows Mail.
| >
| > And if you're going to use the Microsoft newsgroups regularly, you
| might > want to consider connecting directly to msnews.microsoft.com
| rather than > Prodidgy's news server, which seems to add a very
| annoying little graphic to
| > the bottom of your messages.
| > --
| > f.h.
| >
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

BHO - Browser Helper Object = "Here, let me direct you to this site for some driveby downloads!"

--
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, Jan Groshan asked:

| OK, you convinced me. I've deleted Hot Bar from my computer. What's a
| BHO ??
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| | And be very aware that Hotbar has been labelled malware by many sites
| with removal instructions. I would never touch it in a million years.
|
| Do yourself a favor, download HijackThis! and see how many BHOs you
| have installed that can install key loggers, etc.
|
| Nasty piece of software that Hotbar.
|
| --
| 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, Jan Groshan asked:
|
|| I don't use Prodigy's news server. My news server is called "SBC
|| News Server". (Maybe SBC uses Prodigy's news server!) The "annoying
|| little graphic" (which I don't see when download the newsgroup
|| messages) could be because I have Hot Bar installed to work with my
|| Outlook Express, and since I use Outlook Express to access the news
|| groups, Hot Bar automatically attaches a "Play Games for Free -
|| Click Here" message to my postings.
||
||
||
||
|| || > "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|| > || >>> Does Outlook 2007 have the ability to access news group news
|| servers, the
|| >>> way Outlook Express does, and if so, how do I set it up ?
|| >>
|| >> No, never has and hopefully never will. You set up your news
|| groups in >> OE or Windows Mail.
|| >
|| > And if you're going to use the Microsoft newsgroups regularly, you
|| might > want to consider connecting directly to msnews.microsoft.com
|| rather than > Prodidgy's news server, which seems to add a very
|| annoying little graphic to
|| > the bottom of your messages.
|| > --
|| > f.h.
|| >
 

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