Reading Threads in Newsgroups - narrow screen

[Guest]

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the thread screen in the middle of
each newsgroup is very narrow.

I have set my screen up to view only my threads as I have more questions
than answers. My thread screen was wider for awhile but now it's quite
narrow.

Pretty much all I can see is part of the subject, generally about 10
letters, how many posts there are - jammed up against the date which is
almost chopped off the edge on the right. There is no "expand" all threads,
page #, "Go", or arrow to the next page at the bottom of the screen. I tried
left clicking and holding the mouse on the line in the middle as it gave a
left to right arrow bar, but that didn't work - the question/answer message
screen on the left completely disappeared.

I have gone into other newsgroups and the thread screen is much wider - in
fact between the thread screen and the question/answer message screen I would
say that they are about equal.

Ideas???

 

[Malke]

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the thread screen in the
middle of each newsgroup is very narrow.

(snip)

You are accessing this newsgroup from the web interface which is the
worst, clunkiest way to do it. Instead, use a real newsreader. Here is
information to help you with that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a Usenet newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource
if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for
Windows, but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Other newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org
http://gravity.tbates.org/
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Malke