Setting up Newsgroup access

[Guest]

This may seem strange but for the life of me I can not see where I can configure a news group account in Outlook 2003. In 2002 I could access the newsgroup through "Go, then newgroups".

I have also tried to access the help and every time I get an error message saying that help is not available on line (any suggestion to this one?).

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you need to add it using tools, customize.

Also, see http://faq.outlookmvps.org/archives/000738.html


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[Guest]

Thanks, couldn't figure out what they did with the access

Now, just find out how to get on-line help

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Not sure about the online help issue...but as for the news command, try the
following -- it seems to work for many:

To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/newsonly switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.

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