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I'm trying desperately to sign up with newsgroups using outlook express. I
follow the instructions given in XP for dummies and successfully set up an
account. But when i get asked if i want to download newsgroups i click yes,
i only get a few microsoft ones (such as the one i'm writing to now) arn't i
supposed to get loads covering a whole range of topics? When i click on
other news icons such as news 1, news2 etc i get "server could not be found"
can anyone shed some light please
Thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

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Hi

Try the following link to Michael Stevens web site. It will show you how to
setup OE as a News Reader:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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"Manbreck 01" <roly01@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%230rqwv44EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying desperately to sign up with newsgroups using outlook express. I
> follow the instructions given in XP for dummies and successfully set up an
> account. But when i get asked if i want to download newsgroups i click
> yes, i only get a few microsoft ones (such as the one i'm writing to now)
> arn't i supposed to get loads covering a whole range of topics? When i
> click on other news icons such as news 1, news2 etc i get "server could
> not be found" can anyone shed some light please
> Thanks in advance
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

You will only get the newgroups that are available on the server you
connected to...some have many (100,000 + news groups).


If you selected the msnews.microsoft.com server, all you will get are the
Microsoft support ones.


A newsserver can have as many or few as the administrator wants (among those
available).


"Manbreck 01" <roly01@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%230rqwv44EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying desperately to sign up with newsgroups using outlook express. I
> follow the instructions given in XP for dummies and successfully set up an
> account. But when i get asked if i want to download newsgroups i click
yes,
> i only get a few microsoft ones (such as the one i'm writing to now) arn't
i
> supposed to get loads covering a whole range of topics? When i click on
> other news icons such as news 1, news2 etc i get "server could not be
found"
> can anyone shed some light please
> Thanks in advance
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Have you signed up with your ISP (or a third party) for newsgroup service?
The first thing you need is an account with a newsgroup provider.
--
Ted Zieglar


"Manbreck 01" <roly01@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:%230rqwv44EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying desperately to sign up with newsgroups using outlook express. I
> follow the instructions given in XP for dummies and successfully set up an
> account. But when i get asked if i want to download newsgroups i click
yes,
> i only get a few microsoft ones (such as the one i'm writing to now) arn't
i
> supposed to get loads covering a whole range of topics? When i click on
> other news icons such as news 1, news2 etc i get "server could not be
found"
> can anyone shed some light please
> Thanks in advance
>
>