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I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a very
basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a posting
from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is a
Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?
 
Kevin said:
I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is
a very basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply
to a posting from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group
reply)? And what is a Newsgroup account and should I be using this to
reply?
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Using the web interface to read these newsgroups iss the slowest, clunkiest,
most error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a
newsreader, such as Windows Mail, which comes with Windows Vista. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm Although that
talks about Outllok Express, it's essentially the same in Windows mail.
 
Kevin Gal said:
I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a
very
basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a posting
from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is a
Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?
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You do not need a POP3 email address to use news. You should always Reply
to Group. Using just Plain Reply replies to the sender and you will find
that many, many posters use false addresses, which is a good idea if you
don't like spam. A useful fake email address would be (e-mail address removed)
..
 
Frank, where do you write the "false address" (i,e., where do you set it, or
in which dialog box do you write it, so the false address appears?)
 
If you're using the Microsoft Communities. Tools | Accounts select the
account and click Properties. Put it in the Enail field.

If you're setting up a different server it should ask you as you set it up,
but it goes in the same place.
 
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