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Newsgroup Reader Advice
Thanks, Jim. This should be better! James
"Jim Rech" wrote in message ... When you reply to a post pick Reply Group. Picking Reply sends an email. -- Jim "Zone" wrote in message ups.com... | Thanks, Gary. I did forget the command line. I think I have it fixed | now. Regards, James | Gary Keramidas wrote: | that's checking email accounts and yours is set up in outlook, not outlook | express. | | did you use the command line i posted to start outlook express? you should not | see the pop3 dialog if you open it in newsgroup only mode. | | -- | | | Gary | | | "Zone" wrote in message | ps.com... | E-mail Server Names (dialog title) | My incoming mail server is a POP3 (combobox--no idea) | Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: (textbox -- no idea) | An SMTP server is the server that is used for your outgoing e-mail | (label -- uh, OK) | Outgoing mail (SMTP) server (textbox -- no idea) | Thanks, | James | Gary Keramidas wrote: | post the dialog text | | -- | | | Gary | | | "Zone" wrote in message | ps.com... | Many thanks, everyone. I seem to have the Outlook Express account set | up now. I can read the posts. But when I try to reply, I get a | baffling dialog box. Not sure how to set that up, so any guidance | there would be great. Regards, James | Gary Keramidas wrote: | outlook doesn't have a newsreader, outlook express does. do you use | windows? | then you have outlook express. | | if windows is on your c drive, paste this in the start/run box and use the | quotes | | "C:\program files\outlook express\msimn.exe" /newsonly | (you can use /outnews instead of newsonly if you want to) | | then tools/accounts | click add then news | enter your name, email address | click next | enter news.microsoft.com and click next then finish | subscribe to the ng's you want | | | make a shortcut to launch the program so you don't have to do the start | run | all | of the time | | | | -- | | | Gary | | | "Zone" wrote in message | ups.com... | Bob, Thank you for your reply. I have Microsoft Outlook (Office XP). | Would you be so kind as to enumerate the steps you would take to | implement an Outlook approach to this newsgroup? Best regards, James | Bob Phillips wrote: | I use a newsreader to go directly to the Usenet newsgroups. I find the | web | portals tiresome, slow, inundated with bits of detail that I am not | interested in, and selective in what they show. Give me the direct | approach | any day. There are many client applications that will access | newsgroups, | Outlook Express, Forte Agent, to name but 2. | | -- | --- | HTH | | Bob | | (change the xxxx to gmail if mailing direct) | | | "Zone" wrote in message | ups.com... | I am using Google on AOL to read and reply to posts in the Excel | newsgroups. I am told that I should use a "news reader" instead, but | apparently I don't get it. Now that Google seems to be taking over | AOL | web browsing (AOL says it's using the Google Browser now), should I | just go with G-mail and a full Google-friendly approach? Any advice | is | appreciated. James | | | | | |
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