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Kay wrote:
In article , Robert Harvey writes Basically, as long as what you post is relevant to the title of the group you can't go wrong! Not necessarily true!! Try posting about building sheds to uk.rec.seds, or English to alt.fan.british.accent, or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to alt.life.universe.everything, or leadership to alt.learning.to.lead ;-) In other words, don't assume the title says it all - read the charter first! or lurking. Especially in alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.c heerslove or in alt.buttered.scones ("the caffe" and "the tearoom") wot are charterless. My favourite group name is alt.fan.starwars.jar-jar-binks.die.die.die although it's a bit quiet these days. |
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"jay jay" wrote in message ... Robert E A Harvey Wrote: jay jay wrote- Hi Franz, I wonder if you could help me as well. I've never participated in a newsgroup before and am trying to do the same as HedgeWytch - however everytime I try this I come up against the 'Internet Connection Wizard' which asks me to type the name of the Internet News (NNTP) server my Internet service provider has given me - do you know how I can find out what that is. I've been through Outlook Express 'Help' but not getting very far.- Your ISP should have a help page giving these details - here are some typical examples: http://tinyurl.com/6cmjn - note the 'usenet' server name given - typically it will only work when you are dialled in to them. http://tinyurl.com/45od4 But it is possible, and indeed sometimes preferable, to use a newsgroup feed other than your ISP. I use http://www.individual.net/ .. Once registered you can access newsgroups no matter what your connection method. And thier setup help includes programmes other than microsoft, something that the ISPs can rarely be bothered to to: http://www.individual.net/config.html many thanks for all your help I have found the info I needed in my ISP's help but am going to have a look at individual.net as well. Only problem now is, do I have to have a web page in order to register with URG and is that how you access the newsgroup fully? You don't need to maintain a web page to participate in any newsgroup directly. Once you have acquired a news server, dlick on it in the "open folders" tree in the LH column of the Outlook EWxpress window. Then click on "newsgroups" in the menu bar. Pick any one of the 100,000 odd newsgroups and subscribe. That's all. Franz jay jay -- jay jay |
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Franz Heymann wrote:
"jay jay" wrote in message [...] I have found the info I needed in my ISP's help but am going to have a look at individual.net as well. Only problem now is, do I have to have a web page in order to register with URG and is that how you access the newsgroup fully? You don't need to maintain a web page to participate in any newsgroup directly. Once you have acquired a news server, dlick on it in the "open folders" tree in the LH column of the Outlook EWxpress window. Then click on "newsgroups" in the menu bar. Pick any one of the 100,000 odd newsgroups and subscribe. That's all. JayJay, I've taken the liberty of emailing you some detailed instructions a friend sent me. By all means ask for clarification if necessary. (I use OE, but it isn't always clear what you have to do, so don't hang back.) Once you've got it all set up, I recommend installing a little free programme called "Quotefix": we can talk about that later. Mike. |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ...
[...] JayJay, I've taken the liberty of emailing you some detailed instructions a friend sent me. By all means ask for clarification if necessary. (I use OE, but it isn't always clear what you have to do, so don't hang back.) Once you've got it all set up, I recommend installing a little free programme called "Quotefix": we can talk about that later. My email's bounced, with the following from Yahoo: Unable to deliver message to the following address(es). : 82.165.33.147 does not like recipient. Remote host said: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) Giving up on 82.165.33.147. If you'd like to email me with a working address, I'll send again. Mike. |
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