If you still want to use AOL as your email client, then don't touch those mail
settings. And don't create an email account inside OE.

Saved from a previous post:

If you have Outlook Express installed, try clicking on these links (or copy and
paste into MSIE).

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...heet.functions
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.newusers
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.programming

(and a few more for MSWord)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....docmanagement
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.word97vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word.newusers
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.pagelayout
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.vba.addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.beginners
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....customization
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rd.vba.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.userforms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word6-7macros

(You can always connect to more later)

Here are some links that explain it better:

Chip Pearson has some notes written by Leonard Meads at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm

David McRitchie's notes at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6.htm
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6nws01.htm

Tushar Mehta's notes at:
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tut...e_ng/index.htm

And if you're looking for old posts:

Or you can use google (maybe a few hours behind) to search for stuff you've
posted (and find the replies, too)

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
http://groups.google.com/advanced_gr...Excel*&num=100

Ron de Bruin has an excel addin that you may like:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm

Zone wrote:

Thank you, Dave Jim and Gary. I tried Jim's suggestion and voila,
Outlook Express does exist on this computer.
I'd like to ask a question about getting OE up and running.
OE presents me with a form asking:
- My Incoming Mail is a (POP3, IMAP, HTTP) server.
- Incoming Mail (POP3, IMAP, HTTP)
"An SMTP server is the server that is used for your outgoing e-
mail."
- Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server:

This is all "geek to me". I have cable high-speed internet. Any
help?

Also, how do I enter the path for the Excel Programming newgroup?

Many thanks,
James

On Jun 21, 9:29?am, "Jim Cone" wrote:
Outlook Express is included with Internet Explorer.
If you have IE then you have OE...
Start | Run | msimn.exe.
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USAhttp://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware

"Zone"
wrote in message
My old computer had Outlook Express, which I used as a newreader for
the Excel groups. My new computer doesn't have Outlook Express but
does have regular Outlook. Can I use Outlook for a newsreader without
using it for e-mail? I want AOL to remain my application for e-mail.
Win XP and Office XP (2003).
Thanks, James

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Dave Peterson