Outlook Express - Newsgroups Client for Microsoft Windows

Links for Outlook Express:  E-mail |

Links for newsgroups:  Create accounts |

Links on this page:  NNTP Authentication |

 

Key Settings: 

The News server usually follows this format: news.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.

Note:  Your ISP may require you to enable NNTP authentication.

 

  Editing existing newsgroups accounts:

Editing newsgroups accounts in Outlook Express is like editing e-mail accounts.

To edit an existing newsgroups account, follow these steps:

On the Toolbar, click Tools and select Accounts from the menu.

 

Select the News tab.

Highlight the desired account and click the Properties button.

 

The following window appears:

Select the General tab.

News Account  =  to avoid confusion, you can change the name of the account to something a little more intuitive.  This applies especially if you have more than one account.

Name  =  this should have your name.
E-mail address  =  enter your e-mail address.

 

Enabling NNTP Authentication:

Select the Server tab.

In order to participate in newsgroups, you must log on to the server and authenticate.  This helps deter people from spamming in newsgroups.

Server name  =  enter the address of the news server:  news.ispname.com.

Mark the box This server requires me to log on.

Account name  =  enter the username of your Internet connection (without @ispname.com).
Password  =  enter the password of your Internet connection.

Important:  passwords are case-sensitive.  Ensure the Caps Lock is disabled.

Check the box Remember password.

Important:  do not enable 'Log on using Secure Password Authentication'.

Click the OK button to save the settings and to close the window.

 

You're done.

Close the Internet Accounts window.

 

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