Newsgroups

[Nubclear]

How do I join one using Outlook?

If I cant, how do I join newsgroups (eg alt.whatever.???)

Thanks.

[Winston]

You'll go blind you know.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Winston


You'll go blind you know.

Then I'll use Microsoft Narrorator

[Static Universe]

Re: Newsgroups

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
How do I join one using Outlook?

If I cant, how do I join newsgroups (eg alt.whatever.???)

Thanks.

Outlook won't view them, you have to use Outlook Express.

[Edan]

I've never used it, (I've used pine, tin, nn, netscape and all those old outdated newsreaders...) but from my experience, the biggest problem people have with news readers is setting the news server in the options somewhere.

(and then you can access alt.binaries.swedish.chef.swimsuit.pictures.bork.b ork.bork )

Edit: Oh, I guess using an actual newsreader would help, too, I guess.

[Nubclear]

Hmm..........It seems as if I'm using Outlook Express.

Ok, how do I do this?

[Edan]

Try this faq (with the right news server, of course)

http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/mfcf/faq/outlook.html#mail/outlook_news.faq

[Willem]

Originally posted by Edan

(and then you can access alt.binaries.swedish.chef.swimsuit.pictures.bork.b ork.bork )

[Dis]

doesn't your ISP have to allow access to them or something?

I have never been able to get them to work.

[Edan]

Originally posted by Dissident
doesn't your ISP have to allow access to them or something?

You're newsserver has to allow your ISP, IIRC (So someone won't leech off the server). I think there are a few free public newsservers anyone can use, but they're probably don't have great performance.


Unless there's a firewall preventing you from accessing news, or something... That could be another explanation.

[St Leo]

Try news.yourisp.com. ISPs don't go out of their way to advertise their news servers.