I've just spent another hour reading through every entry
in this group back to July 18th, and NEVER found my
original post, that is why I posted "again".
Maybe you could enlighten me as to the EXACT entry so I
might read the reply ?
Hi
Here is the original thread at Google newsgroup archive:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=#[email protected]
You should switch to a proper newsgroup reader (e.g. Outlook Express)
instead of using the Web interface.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.win2000.general
Some info about using OE as a newsreader:
Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
A simple setup of Outlook Express as a newsreader
http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/setupoe.htm
And instructions from Bert Kinney MVP DTS:
How to configure Outlook Express for reading Microsoft news messages:
These steps may differ slightly with different versions of Outlook Express.
1. In Outlook Express, click Accounts on the Tools menu.
2. In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add, and then click News.
3. In the Display Name box, type a friendly name for the newsgroup, and then
click Next.
4. In the E-mail Address box, type the e-mail address for the account you are
using (for example, (e-mail address removed) see Tip 5), and then click Next.
5. In the News (NNTP) Server box, type msnews.microsoft.com - No Password
or logon required.
6. Click Close.
7. When asked if you want to download newsgroups, select yes.
To subscribe to Internet newsgroups in Outlook Express:
1. On the Tools menu, click Newsgroups.
2. In the list of newsgroups, click a newsgroup and then click Subscribe.
To search for a specific newsgroup, type a word or part of a newsgroup name
(in this case type Win98 ) in the Display Newsgroups Which Contain box.
3. After downloading the 300 newest headers (300 is the default setting) go to
Tools - Options - Read, and set "Get 300 headers at a time" to 1000, the
maximum. See Tip 3.
Tip 1. To see replies to the original post click on the Plus Sign (+) to the
left of the post.
Tip 2. Newsgroups you have already subscribed to are denoted by a
newspaper icon to the left of the newsgroup name.
Tip 3. This will allow the headers missed from the last visit to be downloaded
up to 1000. This setting will vary depending on how busy that particular
newsgroup is, and the amount of time from the last visit. Some newsgroups see
one or two posts per day while others such as WindowsXP.general see upward of
1000 per day.
Tip 4. Since you don't see the full name of the newsgroups when you download,
hover your cursor over the line between Newsgroups and Description on the
title line. Once it changes to a double arrow, left click and hold and drag
the
line to the right until you can see more of the newsgroups.
Tip 5. A functional email address is not necessary. To reduce Spam a fake
email address can be used (example: (e-mail address removed)) or a mangled so a reader
can figure it out and reply (example: (e-mail address removed).
Note: the mangle should be place on the domain side (right of the @) of the
email address.
