"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote in message

Travis M. wrote:
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Outlook does not do newsgroups.

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Oh Really? Then what I'm reading is a figment of my
imagination????!! Or is it you, Travis, who is a

figment? Murri
You're using Outlook Express, not Outlook.
OK, OK, I'm sorry I triggered this fight.

I don't use any MS program if I can help it, have
never,
ever used Outlook or Outlook Express, and never will,
in
fact have removed as much of Outlook/Outlook
Express as
I could, have removed all other MS programs except
Internet
Explorer, since Microdaft insists on ActiveX for
updating, so I can't use Mozilla, so I didn't know that
"Outlook" isn't just a short form of "Outlook Express",
which is what I thunk, but refer
to different programs, etc etc etc. So
kwitcherfitin,
already!

I understand not using some MS stuff, but considering how

cheap hard disk space is these days, why do you waste
time
removing things? Just don't use them.

Older machine, smaller HD, two OSs. Made the mistake of
installing W2K on a 2GB partition, which was touted as
"minimum required."
Shoulda known better. Need W2K mostly for an estimating
program
my wife uses, and use it for web access because Bell
Sympatico doesn't
play well with OS/2. Bah!

Why does it matter to the ISP what OS you are running, just
as
long as it can do TCP/IP?


For Windows platforms, Ethernet card drivers, tcpip/ip etc are
auto-configured when first installed, and when you configure
the
router. For OS/2, it has to be done manually, including
installing
the driver for the Ethernet card that connects to the router
(which
I connects to the DSL modem for access to the 'net.) Can be
done,
of course, but it's a hassle, not least because OS/2 doesn't
have
many Ethernet card drivers. Bell's Access Manager is used for
connecting directly through the DSL modem. There is no OS/2
version. That's the downside of using an obsolescent OS - even
one
that's still ahead of Windows in design, function and
usability,
and at least equal to Linux in stability and security (and way
ahead in usability.)
HTH

Your router should handle the connection to the ISP be it PPPoE
or DHCP not the computer.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington