Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Chris Wallace Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: news-groups problems Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 16:35:27 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 36 Message-ID: <383D654F.5A20F0F1@chilternmag.demon.co.uk> References: <81j7g6$gal2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <383D3F85.307EF9A5@127.0.0.1> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-22.beryllium.dialup.pol.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Same, get Netscape.. And I wouldn't say you can't get going on the Yaroze without the NGs.. I've been Yarozing for about 9 - 10 months or so and only managed to get into them about a month ago. Chris. Majik wrote: > > 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. > > -- > -- Majik - Owner/Curator of the Sinclair Microcomputer Museum > -- Spod in a suitcase - ' Have Compiler, will travel ' > -- http://mudhole.spodnet.uk.com/~majik/ > --