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Thanks to a hint from a responder, I tried turning off the pop-up blocker on
the tools menu when I wanted to start a new thread and, lo and behold, here I
am with a blank screen. Thanks all!
 
ajimmo said:
Thanks to a hint from a responder, I tried turning off the pop-up
blocker on the tools menu when I wanted to start a new thread and, lo
and behold, here I am with a blank screen. Thanks all!
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That's great, but you still aren't using this resource to its full
capacity since you are posting via the web interface, which is awful.
Learn to use a real newsreader. Here is information to help you with
that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
some links to information about newsgroups:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/support/news/howto/default.asp
- Set Up Newsreader

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Malke
 
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