Hi Everyone,

1. I can't access the groups from my Outlook Express at work. Is there a
way to get to the groups via Internet Explorer?


Thanks,
Linda

Go to: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...el.misc/topics

I don't have a google account but do have yahoo. I tried looking from yahoo
but couldn't find it. Is Google the only option?

Thanks,
Linda

"Ray" wrote in message
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Go to: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...el.misc/topics

You don't need a Google if you just want to read/search ... you'll
need one if you want to post though.

I think there are other ways to get to the same groups, but not
entirely sure how ...

On Mar 24, 9:58*am, "Linda RQ" wrote:
1. *I can't access the groups from my Outlook Express at work. *Is there a
way to get to the groups via Internet Explorer?

Thunderbird might provide a good alternative, though I haven't tried
it yet myself. Am just about to, because as I've noted in another
thread in which Outlook Express is recommended, it isn't available on
my employer's computers.

If you do not have admin rights on the computer you're using, you can
get the portable version of Thunderbird which requires no installation
(but be assured it is the fully functional application):
http://portableapps.com/apps/interne...rbird_portable

.... and you can choose a newsgroup reader add-on which will be
correctly installed in the portable directory (instead of the local
hard drive):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thu...oup&cat=1%2C57

On Mar 24, 11:59*am, Foxcole wrote:
... and you can choose a newsgroup reader add-on which will be
correctly installed in the portable directory (instead of the local
Forget the add-ons. I didn't look closely at them, but besides, you
can configure Thunderbird directly:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbir...s_:_Newsgroups

"Foxcole" wrote in message
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On Mar 24, 9:58 am, "Linda RQ" wrote:
1. I can't access the groups from my Outlook Express at work. Is there a
way to get to the groups via Internet Explorer?

Thunderbird might provide a good alternative, though I haven't tried
it yet myself. Am just about to, because as I've noted in another
thread in which Outlook Express is recommended, it isn't available on
my employer's computers.

If you do not have admin rights on the computer you're using, you can
get the portable version of Thunderbird which requires no installation
(but be assured it is the fully functional application):
http://portableapps.com/apps/interne...rbird_portable

.... and you can choose a newsgroup reader add-on which will be
correctly installed in the portable directory (instead of the local
hard drive):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thu...oup&cat=1%2C57

Thanks. I'll try it. I am in a hospital setting and most everything is
locked.

"Linda RQ" wrote:
I don't have a google account but do have yahoo.

It is trivial to set up a Google account, if you want to try it. You just
enter your Yahoo account name, , as the Email address and
create a password. Or you could create a more-anonynous Yahoo or Hotmail
account for this purpose. In either case, Google sends email to that
address with a link to activate the Google account. It takes me about 5
minutes.

Caveat: Personally, I like the Google Groups interface, especially since I
can use the same interface to access other Usenet newsgroups in addition to
microsoft.public ones. However, it seems that some/many messages posted to
microsoft.public newsgroups through the MS web browser interface (MS
"discussion groups") do not find their way to the Google Groups news server.