News reader functionality in outlook

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How can I disable the mail feature of outlook express and use it just as a
new reader? No Instant Messaging, No eMail nada, just newsreading. Sine
this functionality is NOT in Office Outlook (why not?) I have to have 2
email clients (why?).
 
Make OL yr default email client, Ensure you set no accounts in OE.
It is not neccessary to start OE to access the newsreader; to start news,
either frm OL View/Go To/News or
frm IE Tools/Mail & News/Read News
David
 
Make OL yr default email client, Ensure you set no accounts in OE.
It is not neccessary to start OE to access the newsreader; to start news,
either frm OL View/Go To/News or
frm IE Tools/Mail & News/Read News
David
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Why set no accounts in Outlook Express? Didnt you know that when Outlook is
set as your default "newsreader", it uses whatever the default Windows
newsreader is to have newsreader capabilities? In most cases, this is
Outlook Express. That's right: Outlook has no native newsreader
capabilities of its own, unless you are connected using a Microsoft Exchange
Client.

By the way, to use Outlook Express in "news only" mode, add "/newsonly" to
the commandline of the shortcut you use to launch Outlook Express, or set
Outlook as your "default newsreader" (which actually uses Outlook Express in
"newsonly" mode if Outlook Express is set as your default Windows
Newsreader)

Donald L McDaniel
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