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| Setting
Up Outlook Express News |
To configure Outlook Express for reading Internet
news messages, follow these steps:
- In
Outlook Express, click Accounts on the Tools menu.
- In
the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add, and then
click News.
- In
the Display Name box, type the name you want other people to
see when you post a message, and then click Next.
NOTE: Outlook Express 5 prompts for a friendly name as you
would like it to appear. Type a name for the newsgroup, and then click
Next.
- In
the E-mail Address box, type the e-mail address for the account
you are using (for example, janedoe@account.com), and then
click Next.
- In
the News (NNTP) Server box, type the name of your Internet
news server. If you are required to log on, click the My news server
requires me to log on check box to select it. Click Next.
NOTE: This information is provided by your Internet service
provider (ISP). If you do not know this information, contact your
ISP.
If you are required to log on, type your account name and password
for your news server in the News Account Name and Password boxes,
or click Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA).
Choose the method recommended by your ISP. MSN requires SPA when when
using the netnews.msn.com MSN news server.
In Outlook Express 5, click Next in the Congratulations screen,
and then click Finished. You can now set your default newsgroup,or
click Close.
- In
the Internet News Account Name, type a name that identifies
the news account you are configuring (this is the "friendly" name
for the news account), and then click Next.
- Click
the connection type that you use to connect to the Internet, and then
click Next.
If you click Use my phone line to connect, you are prompted
to either create a new Dial-Up Networking connection or use an existing
one. If Dial-Up Networking has been configured for your ISP, click
Use an existing dial-up connection, click the name for your
Dial-Up Networking connection in the list, and then click Next.
If you click Connect using my local area network (LAN) or I
will establish my Internet connection manually, you are not prompted
for any additional settings.
- Click
Finish.
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