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From: Majik <majik@127.0.0.1>
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Subject: Re: news-groups problems
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:54:13 +0000
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> Here's a description of his problem he e-mailed me....
>    Using outlook express, if i were to click directly on the beginners ah... I can see his problem straight away.

get Netscape, its much easier to use, and way friendlier.

[can see groups, but not messages - snip]
the problem here is that he hasn't authenticated on the news server yet,
its a funny one - it lets you download the news list but not access any
messages before you authenticate.

now, I've never (well I did once, but don't hold it against me) used
outlook for newsgroups, but If you can find a dialog box, titled
something like 'News Server Properties' then it should have some boxes
for you to type in your members username/password. Type them in and you
should be able to read the newsgroups fine.

Netscape actually asks for authentication when you try to read a
message, I don't now why Outlook doesn't...

let me know if this doesnt work.

M.

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