Thanks a million. Will most definately look into Chip's 'direct connect'
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Neal Z


"Norman Jones" wrote:

Hi Neal,

I should have added that there are better ways of
accessing the NG,

See Chip Pearson's suggestions at:

Direct Connections To The MSNEWS Server
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm

And, as Jim Cone recently posted:

these sites show how to do it...
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tutorials/oe_ng/
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm


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Regards,
Norman