Mozilla Thunderbird - Newsgroup Client for Microsoft Windows 

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Links for newsgroups:  Create accounts |

Links on this page:  NNTP authentication |

 

  Editing an existing newsgroup account:

To edit existing accounts, do the following:

On the Toolbar, click Toolbar and select Account Settings from the menu.

 

Highlight the the desired news account.

Account Name  =  This is the name of the news account.  You can call it anything you wish.  If you have more than one news account, you'll want to make it unique.
Your Name  =  Enter your name here.
Email Address  =  Enter your e-mail address.

 

Enabling NNTP Authentication:

Highlight Server Settings.
In the left-hand column, locate the news account and highlight Server Settings.

Server Type  =  This should be set to News Server (NNTP).  If it is not, you'll need to delete and recreate the account.
Newsgroup Server  =  Enter the name address of the news server:  news.ispname.com.

NNTP authentication is required to post newsgroups.  If you do not have this enabled, you will not be able to log on.  This helps deter spammers from sending you junk mail.

To the right, check the box labeled Always request authentication when connecting to this server.

 

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