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Cary Clark / FAQ / Administrative / outlook

Can I use Microsoft® Outlook Express to read and post messages?

From Jude Beaudin: !

The discussion groups here are handled by an NNTP server, meaning that you can access them with your favorite newsreader just as you would access your favorite USENET newsgroups such as news:rec.toys.lego. The NNTP settings for this server are:

Add NNTP Server Server: lugnet.com Port: 119

Configuration is straightforward with most newsreaders. If you run into problems, you may need to get special permission from your system administrator if you are behind a firewall, or you may need to switch to a newsreader which supports multiple NNTP servers. You might also want to try port 1119, 8000 or 8080 if you are unable to access using the standard port 119.

From Cary Clark:

To add a news server to Outlook Express version 5.5, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click the Add button.
Select News to open the Internet Connection Wizard.
Enter your name.
Enter your e-mail address.
Enter ‘lugnet.com’ for the Internet News Server Name
Click Finish.

The e-mail address you enter will appear in the posting. It can include extra verbage (e.g. ‘nospam’) to discourage automatic e-mail harvesting. However, this e-mail address must exactly match the ‘News Posting Identity’ that the LUGNET server expects. See http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/ for more information about how to set up your posting privileges.

You’ll find more details about reading and posting to newsgroups using Outlook Express by going to the Help menu, clicking on Content and Index, clicking on Index, and typing ‘newsgroups’.

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