Newsgroups

[David C Jones]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get this
Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own choice, i want
blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a search for some newsgroups
that i had on blueyonder they do not appear.

Any advice please

Thanks Dave

 

[Slap]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get this
Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own choice, i
want blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a search for some
newsgroups that i had on blueyonder they do not appear.

Any advice please

Thanks Dave

You would go to 'tools' 'accounts' and add blueyonder.
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[Charlie42]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get this
Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own choice, i
want blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a search for some
newsgroups that i had on blueyonder they do not appear.

The Microsoft Communities news server only offers Microsoft newsgroups. You
need to get the name of your ISP's news server (NNTP), and set up a separate
account for it in your email client.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/fa7b10ba-00bd-4ac0-b514-c08f4376b18a1033.mspx

Charlie42

 

[Guest]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get this
Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own choice, i
want blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a search for some
newsgroups that i had on blueyonder they do not appear.

Any advice please

Thanks Dave

You have add the server account first.

Tools, Accounts, Add, Newsgroup Accounts...

You get the news server name and login info from your ISP.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get this
Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own choice, i
want blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a search for some
newsgroups that i had on blueyonder they do not appear.

Tools | Accounts | Add

 

[John Inzer]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get
this Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own
choice, i want blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a
search for some newsgroups that i had on blueyonder they do not
appear.
Any advice please

Thanks Dave

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Did you set up a news account for Blueyonder?

The following site shows the Blueyonder
news server is : news.blueyonder.co.uk

News Server Addresses For ISPs
http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm

Maybe the following article will offer some ideas:

Vista: Using Windows Mail as a Newsreader
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2123/vista_using_windows_mail_as_a_newsreader

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[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx
Head on over to the following page at Microsoft's website on how to
configure your newsreader to read Microsoft's Public Newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

 

[dgmacmi]

I have just had vista on my pc and when I go into newsgroups I get this
Microsoft communities, what i would like to do is have my own choice, i
want blueyonder, my ISP newsgroups as when i put in a search for some
newsgroups that i had on blueyonder they do not appear.

Any advice please

Thanks Dave

IMO you should use Microsoft Communities {msnews.microsoft.com} for
Microsoft newsgroups and your ISP for others. Your ISP copies the newsgroups
from msnews.microsoft.com and may not be current.

To use msnews.microsoft.com you need to provide a user name and email
address. However, both can be any user name and email address you choose.
The email address need not be an actual email address and should not be your
real email address.

Don

 

[DanS]

Your ISP copies the
newsgroups from msnews.microsoft.com and may not be current.

Wrong. And it may be censored as well. The only way to see where your ISP
gets Usenet from is to look at the Path: header. The first entry on the
line is the LAST server the post went thru. The ISP server will have
push/pull peers with which it sends and receives posts from.

To use msnews.microsoft.com you need to provide a user name and email
address. However, both can be any user name and email address you
choose. The email address need not be an actual email address and
should not be your real email address.

To use any news _client_ you usually have to fill in this info. No
different for MSNEWS. It sounds as if you are saynig it needs a
username/password.

 

[David C Jones]

Thanks guys all sorted

Wrong. And it may be censored as well. The only way to see where your ISP
gets Usenet from is to look at the Path: header. The first entry on the
line is the LAST server the post went thru. The ISP server will have
push/pull peers with which it sends and receives posts from.


To use any news _client_ you usually have to fill in this info. No
different for MSNEWS. It sounds as if you are saynig it needs a
username/password.