SeaMonkey Mail - Newsgroups Client for Microsoft Windows 

Links for SeaMonkey:  Browser | E-mail | Profiles |

Links for newsgroups:  Edit accounts |

Links on this page:  NNTP Authentication |

 

  Creating new newsgroups accounts:

Newsgroups are chats or discussions that take place on the Internet and cover a wide variety of topics.  You download them just like e-mail.  You can also post (respond) to them to state your own view point or ask for additional information.

SeaMonkey comes with its own built-in newsgroups reader.  The following tutorial illustrates how to create a newsgroups account in SeaMonkey.

On the Toolbar, click Edit and select Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings from the menu.

 

The Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings window appears.

Towards the bottom-left corner, click Add Account.

 

The Account Wizard begins.

Select Newsgroup account.

Click Next to continue.

 

Your name  =  Enter your name.
Email Address  =  Enter your e-mail address.

Click Next to continue.

 

Newsgroup Server  =  Enter the name address of the news server.  It usually follows this format:  news.ispname.com.

Click Next to continue.

 

Account Name  =  Enter a name for the account.  By default, SeaMonkey gives the name of the account the name of the news server.  Name it anything you want.  If you have more than one account, give it a unique name.

Click Next to continue.

 

Your done with the initial configuration.

Click Finish to complete the wizard.

 

We return to the Mail & Newsgroups Accounts Settings window.

Enabling NNTP Authentication:

NNTP authentication helps deter people from spamming on the news server.  You must enable this feature to use our newsgroups.

Under you new News account, highlight Server Settings.

Server Settings:

Check the option Always request authentication when connecting to this server.

Click the OK button to close the window.

 

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