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Newsgroup Reader Advice
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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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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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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Instructions from two sources on setting up Outlook Express
to read/reply to the newsgroups. It is the way to go... http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tutorials/oe_ng/ -- Jim Cone San Francisco, USA http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware "Zone" wrote in message 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Very good advice - been there, done that.
'-- Jim Cone San Francisco, USA "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 |
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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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