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"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk> wrote in message news:"Joe"
<joe.m...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:e4gsBRb2...@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi - anyone can tell me how to subscribe to newsgroups?
> Thanx
> Joe
>

In Outlook Express go to Tools | Accounts | Add (or New) | News.
Set up an account for this news server:

msnews.microsoft.com

The server is free and does not require you to logon. This news server
carries over 2200 newsgroups related to Microsoft products and keeps
messages at least 30 days.

For more detail see
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

And here are two articles Tom Koch wrote about using newsgroups in Outlook
Express:

Outlook Express Newsgroups 101
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/newsgroups101.mspx

Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express: Power User Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
"Joe" <joe.m...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:e4gsBRb2...@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi - anyone can tell me how to subscribe to newsgroups?
> Thanx
> Joe
>

In Outlook Express go to Tools | Accounts | Add (or New) | News.
Set up an account for this news server:

msnews.microsoft.com

The server is free and does not require you to logon. This news server
carries over 2200 newsgroups related to Microsoft products and keeps
messages at least 30 days.

For more detail see
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

And here are two articles Tom Koch wrote about using newsgroups in Outlook
Express:

Outlook Express Newsgroups 101
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/newsgroups101.mspx

Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express: Power User Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com


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> "Joe" <joe.m...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:e4gsBRb2...@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi - anyone can tell me how to subscribe to newsgroups?
>
> OE's help tells you how.
> --
> David Biddulph
>

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