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PAUL

How can I get or find a Windows Mail Icon so all I have to do is click on it
and it will open up so I can read and or reply to any messages in this
group.

Thanks
 
PAUL said:
How can I get or find a Windows Mail Icon so all I have to do is click on
it and it will open up so I can read and or reply to any messages in this
group.

Thanks
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Customize the IE toolbar. You'll find a mail icon you can add that will open
your default mail client.
 
I do not have a mail reader on my laptop where I am sending this message
from. I only have it on my Desktop with a few accounts.

Does that mean that I have to setup an email account on my laptop also, just
to read or send messages to newsgroups?
 
Tyro said:
Email is not necessary to access newsgroups.

Tyro
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(OP meant an email program, I guess) Google_groups and M$ communities are
not the easiest way to read news

An email account is necessary (unless you read ONLY). You have to set up a
sending account to comment in newsgroups etc.
But it's a PITA to keep two machines synchronized when it comes to
read/unread messages in newssgroups (mail is no problem with IMAP),
especially when on is XP and the other one dualboots Vista/Win7
 
Make a shortcut to "c:\program files\windows mail\Winmail.exe" and add this
switch to the end of it:

/news

and it will open in newsreader mode.

steve
 
(OP meant an email program, I guess) Google_groups and M$ communities are
not the easiest way to read news

An email account is necessary (unless you read ONLY). You have to set up a
sending account to comment in newsgroups etc.
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No, that's not correct. You need neither an E-mail program nor an
E-mail account. In fact you can *not* access newsgroups or send
messages to them with an E-mail account. When you need is a news
server account.

But note that there are many programs that are *both* E-mail clients
and newsreaders, and the one that Paul asked about, Windows Mail, is
an example of such a dual-purpose program. The one that I use, Forte
Agent, is another example of such a dual-purpose program, but I use it
just as a newsreader.
 
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