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More info?)
Thanks for the information. I've put off getting to grips with newsreaders
because I'm worried about things downloading and taking up my diminishing
free disk space. But maybe they don't act like that. So you are right, I'll
have to learn.
However, the point was, 'why did signing off work differently on that
occaision?' Now, I think I have the answer. I mis-typed my password
initially, and that confused the sign off software. Perhaps that sounds like
nonesense, but that is what happened.
Anyway, thanks again for the info.
--
Jess
(XP Home SP/2 OEM. HDD1:Windows NTFS 60GB; Linux 20GB. HDD2: NTFS 40GB. P4
HT. 512MB)
[Please note: Display name changed from Jess. I want to be unique!]
"Malke" wrote:
> JessJ wrote:
>
> > How the hell can I sign out of this website? (I signed in ok, and
> > have never
> > had this hassle before?) I'm going to pull the plug now (I speak
> > metaphorically), but would appreciate any suggestions as to why this
> > happened
> > - and what to do if it happens again. Thanks.
> >
> > JessJ
> > (XP Home SP/2 OEM. HDD1:Windows NTFS 60GB; Linux 20GB. HDD2: NTFS
> > 40GB. P4 HT. 512MB)
> > [Please note: Display name changed from Jess. I want to be unique!]
>
> Sign out of *what* website? If you are talking about the web interface
> of the Microsoft newsgroups, then learn to use a newsreader. Here is
> information about that:
>
> Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
> really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
> learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
> but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
> some links to information about newsgroups:
>
>
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
> explanation of newsgroups
>
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
>
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/support/news/howto/default.asp
> - Set Up Newsreader
>
>
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
> microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
> working properly
>
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
>
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
> crossposting
>
> In Linux, some choices for newsreaders are KNode (KDE), Pan,
> Thunderbird, Emacs, and there are others.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
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