How do you add newsgroups into Outlook

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Okay, this is silly, I click on links on the web leading to newsgroups. I get a Microsoft Outlook Newsreader. Nice, however if I ever need to access it I have no idea. Then I thought, wow, why can't I access this stuff in Outlook 2003.

Well .... any ideas out there? Why would Micrsoft create Outlook 2003 for e-mail and build a separate tool for newsgroups using a tool similar to Outlook 2003 called Outlook Newsreader?

I appreciate your input.

thx,
Edb
 
Another note - Outlook 2003 does tell me how to create a newsreader but when I get to the dialog box showing the "Add-Remove" Buttons, I saw the "GO" category but I did not see the "NEWS" Command in the dialog box

Is this a bug in Outlook

If not, how do I find the "News" in the Go Category of the Add-Remove buttons Dialog box

thx
Edb
 
What you are opening to read news is Outlook Express. That's what Outlook
has always used to read news.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Edb said:
Okay, this is silly, I click on links on the web leading to newsgroups.
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I get a Microsoft Outlook Newsreader. Nice, however if I ever need to
access it I have no idea. Then I thought, wow, why can't I access this
stuff in Outlook 2003.
Well .... any ideas out there? Why would Micrsoft create Outlook 2003 for
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e-mail and build a separate tool for newsgroups using a tool similar to
Outlook 2003 called Outlook Newsreader?
 
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, click the "Don't ask me again" box and then click the No button.


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Edb said:
Another note - Outlook 2003 does tell me how to create a newsreader but
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when I get to the dialog box showing the "Add-Remove" Buttons, I saw the
"GO" category but I did not see the "NEWS" Command in the dialog box.
 
Sorry Russ but I am a programmer and if I like things in one place. That's what programmers do so that they have access to things quickly and easily. If I don't get an answer to this, and I know others would like this feature in one place ... very much like Outlook Express, I may end up building a shareware for Outlook 2003

All I know is Outlook 2003 tells me it can be done. If anyone has Outlook 2003 and has done it, can you pretty please tell me what you did or why I cannot see "News" in the Add-Remove Dialogue box / Category pane

Thanks for your input

Edb
 
What answer are you lacking? Outlook is not, never has been and never will
be a news reader. Where do you see documentation that it is? I already told
you how to get the News command onto your Outlook toolbar.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
edb said:
Sorry Russ but I am a programmer and if I like things in one place.
Click to expand...
That's what programmers do so that they have access to things quickly and
easily. If I don't get an answer to this, and I know others would like
this feature in one place ... very much like Outlook Express, I may end up
building a shareware for Outlook 2003.
All I know is Outlook 2003 tells me it can be done. If anyone has Outlook
Click to expand...
2003 and has done it, can you pretty please tell me what you did or why I
cannot see "News" in the Add-Remove Dialogue box / Category pane?
 
Hi Russ,
Sorry to be a putz on this but this is what I did.
1. Open Outlook 2003
2. Go to Help
3. Do a search on Newsgroup Reader
4. Up pops open the procedure on how to create a Newsgroup Reader in Outlook.

I went to properties to grab the url to the page ... it goes to
http://office.microsoft.com/assista...31511033&CTT=3&Origin=HP052429651033&Client=1

So ... unless Microsoft made a mistake in placing this material in Outlook 2003, there is a way to do it.

You have any ideas why I do not see the News Category in the Add-Remove Buttons Dialog box as noted in the url?

I appreciate your input and I am just as puzzled as you are.

Happy Day,
Edb
 
That command opens Outlook Express.
I already posted the method to get that command.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Edb said:
Hi Russ,
Sorry to be a putz on this but this is what I did.
1. Open Outlook 2003
2. Go to Help
3. Do a search on Newsgroup Reader
4. Up pops open the procedure on how to create a Newsgroup Reader in Outlook.

I went to properties to grab the url to the page ... it goes to
http://office.microsoft.com/assista...31511033&CTT=3&Origin=HP052429651033&Client=1

So ... unless Microsoft made a mistake in placing this material in Outlook
Click to expand...
2003, there is a way to do it.
You have any ideas why I do not see the News Category in the Add-Remove
Click to expand...
Buttons Dialog box as noted in the url?
 
Nothing has changed.
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
SBC said:
Russ

If you go to Help(F1) and type in "news groups", you will see an answer
"Start the newsgroup reader". You will see the procedure to enable starting
the newsgroup reader fom the GO button. I followed this procedure and it
worked once. Now I do not have the newsreader function on the go button nor
doI have the News button to drag from the Add or Remove Buttons, Customize,
Commands, Catagories, Go.

It appears that many of us have accessed Outlooks Newsreader from Outlook
through many versions. The newsreader accessed this way is slightly
different in appearence from Express although it may be the same program
with a different header.

This appears to be a bug since a few of us have had this problem.

Al Kessler
Russ Valentine said:
What answer are you lacking? Outlook is not, never has been and never will
be a news reader. Where do you see documentation that it is? I already told
you how to get the News command onto your Outlook toolbar.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
edb said:
Sorry Russ but I am a programmer and if I like things in one place.
Click to expand...
That's what programmers do so that they have access to things quickly and
easily. If I don't get an answer to this, and I know others would like
this feature in one place ... very much like Outlook Express, I may end up
building a shareware for Outlook 2003.
All I know is Outlook 2003 tells me it can be done. If anyone has
Click to expand...
Outlook
2003 and has done it, can you pretty please tell me what you did or why I
cannot see "News" in the Add-Remove Dialogue box / Category pane?
Thanks for your input.

Edb
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