Still no newsreader in Outlook

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Ian Semmel

I haven't installed Outlook since Office 2000.

One reason I don't use it is because there is no integrated newsreader,

I just installed Office 2007 beta and apparently still no newsreader. Why not ?
I don't want to use Outlook Express as well as Outlook.

If Thunderbird and just about every other email program in the world can do it,
why not Outlook ?
 
Ian said:
I haven't installed Outlook since Office 2000.

One reason I don't use it is because there is no integrated newsreader,

I just installed Office 2007 beta and apparently still no newsreader. Why
not ? I don't want to use Outlook Express as well as Outlook.

If Thunderbird and just about every other email program in the world can
do it, why not Outlook ?
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because the main target market of Outlook (and indeed where the vast
majority of installations have occurred) is the corporate sector where
users are not expected to spend their time reading newsgroups.......
That's why.
 
Perhaps because OL was designed for the business environment were a
newsreader may not be permitted.
Since OE is installed on your win sys anyway, create a shortcut that opens
the OE newsreader directly
 
Ian Semmel said:
I haven't installed Outlook since Office 2000.

One reason I don't use it is because there is no integrated
newsreader,

I just installed Office 2007 beta and apparently still no newsreader.
Why not ? I don't want to use Outlook Express as well as Outlook.
Click to expand...

You can allways buy an NNTP add-in.
If Thunderbird and just about every other email program in the world
can do it, why not Outlook ?
Click to expand...

Because Outlook isn't just a mail program, for one thing.
 
You can allways buy an NNTP add-in.
I use NewsHound from ShoreLine Software to get these newsgroups into
Outlook.

Patrick Schmid
 
Gordon said:
Ian Semmel wrote:




because the main target market of Outlook (and indeed where the vast
majority of installations have occurred) is the corporate sector where
users are not expected to spend their time reading newsgroups.......
That's why.
Click to expand...

And they can spend all their time browsing RSS feeds ?
 
Ian said:
And they can spend all their time browsing RSS feeds ?
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An RSS feed is slightly different - you can't reply to it!
Plus restrictions can be placed on RSS feeds with group policies.
 
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