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Look for the news reader that you currently are using or the one that you intend to
download and use, follow the instructions that
come with the news reader. Especially if you are installing a new news reader, you will
usually be asked for certain
information during the installation. Such as the new news server address that you got on
our server addresses
page.
Your email SMTP server, best choice is to use a fake address, use smtp.aol.com. Your email
address, again best to use a fake
one. Your download directory, set up a special folder on your hard drive and download all
images there first. That way
nothing ever gets lost on your hard drive. Later on move them using a program like Away32deluxe which allows you
to
wipe the place a file is being moved from after it moves it to a new location, as well as
encrypt the file with strong encryption
if you want it hidden from prying eyes. Then if you have any questions about setting it up
or configuring your news reader
please look on this page for your news reader and follow closely the instructions below it
to setup your reader.
We do not make any money from any of these companies, we do not support their
products
although we will help if
we can. You are on your own normally and I've rarely seen one that a newbie couldn't'
install if they actually read the
setup instructions that come with the program. Guess how many times I've had someone write
me that they couldn't
figure out how to install a news reader and were stumped that I've simply gone into the
help program for that reader,
copied the pertinent section and pasted it into the return email and sent it to a member
only to have them write me
back and say "Thanks, your last email cleared it up for me!". Yes, at least 3
out of 5 times so don't be afraid to
read the help files with the news reader.
Outlook Express
New Installation
Outlook Express (Internet Explorer 4.x first configuration)
Comes free with Internet Explorer 4.x. Handles multiple email and news servers. More
information available at Microsoft Corporation
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Select "News" from the "Go" menu.
3. Configure your User profile.
4. Follow the instructions provided by the Internet Connection Wizard.
5. In the window in which you have to enter the news server address.
6. Check the button "My news server requires me to log on".
7. Click Next (the Internet news server Logon window appears).
8. Enter your "Account Name" and "Password". Click Next
9. Select the appropriate connection to the Internet. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Before closing a window prompt if you want to see a list of available Newsgroups
now. Click Yes if you want to do it now. Then follow the
instructions in step 13 below.
Click No if you want to do it later. To get the list next time
follow the steps below.
12. Next, get the newsgroups by selecting "Newsgroups" from the
"Tools" menu (or from
the tool bar click on the "News Groups" icon.) Retrieving the
newsgroups the first
time it could take few minutes. To update the list of News Groups available
click the
"Reset List" button on the right hand side.
13. To subscribe to your desired newsgroups select desired group and click the
"Subscribe" button.
14. To Show only the subscribed groups click on the "Subscribed" tab located
below the
newsgroups list.
15. When you have finished subscribing to the newsgroups click "OK".
16. To actually read the subscribed newsgroups select "News" from the
"Go" menu (or
click on the "News Groups" icon to see a list of available
News Groups) The list of
the News Groups that you have subscribed will then appear. Select one
of the news
groups to which you$ double click, and you will begin retrieving the headers.
Click
on an article header to view the article.
Outlook Express
How to add a new server if you already have your home ISP's server set up on it.
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Select Accounts from under the Tools menu.
3. A dialog box will open up. Click on the Add button and select News.
4. Fill in the server name, Alibis.com
5. Fill in you return emal address.
6. Fill in the server
address.
7. Check the box that 'My news server requires me to log on'
8. Select Log on using and fill in your account name and password.
9. Enter a friendly news account name. Can be any name you want.
10. Select how you connect to the Internet.
11. Click Finish.
12. Before closing a window prompt if you want to see a list of available Newsgroups
now. Click Yes if you want to do it now. Then follow the
instructions in step 13 below.
Click No if you want to do it later. To get the list next time
follow the steps below.
13. Next, get the newsgroups by selecting "Newsgroups" from the
"Tools" menu (or from
the tool bar click on the "News Groups" icon.) Retrieving the
newsgroups the first
time it could take few minutes. To update the list of News Groups
available click the
"Reset List" button on the right hand side.
14. To subscribe to your desired newsgroups select desired group and click the
"Subscribe" button.
15. To Show only the subscribed groups click on the "Subscribed" tab located
below the
newsgroups list.
16. When you have finished subscribing to the newsgroups click "OK".
17. To actually read the subscribed newsgroups select "News" from the
"Go" menu (or
click on the "News Groups" icon to see a list of available
News Groups) The list of
the News Groups that you have subscribed will then appear. Select one
of the news
groups to which you$ double click, and you will begin retrieving the
headers. Click
on an article header to view the article.
Internet News
Comes free with Windows 95. More information available at Microsoft Corporation
1. Open up Internet News.
2. From the main menu select News and a dialog window opens up.
3. Click on the Server tab.
4. Click on the Add button and anothe window opens up.
5. Click on the General tab.
6. Type in the news
server address.
7. Click on the checkbox - 'This server requires me to login'.
8. Click on Logon Using.
9. Fill in your login name and password.
10. If this is to be your default server then click on Set as Default.
11. Click on the Connection tab.
12. Select how you connect to the Internet.
13. Click on the Advanced tab.
14. Enter 119 into the News Port Number.
15. Later if you experience timeout you can come back to adjust the Server Timeout
settings.
16. Click on Apply.
17. Click on OK.
18. If you are prompted to subscribe to the newsgroups on the news server then select
Yes. It should connect and begin to retrieve a group list
whcih can take a little while.
19. After the newgroups are retrieved you will be prompted to decide which groups you
wish to subscribe.
20. After subscibing to the groups you can use the pulldown to select whcih group you
wish to view.
Agent (registered version)
Commercial product with many advanced features including integrated email and news
folders,
kill filters, and lots of third party addons. More information available at Forte, Inc.
1. Open up Agent.
2. Select User and System Profile under the Options menu.
3. Click on the User tab. Fill in email information. Select Login With a Username and
Password. Fill in your news account login and password. Make sure the
checkbox is
checked to Remember Password Between Sessions.
4. Click on the System tab. Fill in the news server address.
Also fill in your email server information.
5. Click on the OK button and you are all set to go.
6. Select Refresh Groups List under the Online menu. Select Delete All Extinct Groups.
Click OK to retrieve a complete list of all of our newsgroups.
7. Subscribe to the newsgroups by highlighting a group and then select Subscribe List
under the Group menu
8. Use Show Groups and Folders under the Group menu to display the subscribed news
groups.
9. Select Get New Headers In Subscribed Groups under the Online menu to retrieve
article headers.
Free Agent (freeware version)
Freeware product with a subset of the many advanced features offered in the
commercial
version of Agent. More information available at Forte,
Inc.
1. Open up Free Agent.
2. Select General Preferences under the Options menu.
3. Click on the User tab. Fill in email information. Select Login With a Username and
Password. Select Server Requires Login and fill in your news account
login and
password. Make sure the checkbox is checked to Remember Password
Between
Sessions.
4. Click on the System tab. Fill in the news server address.
Also fill in your email server information.
5. Click on the OK button and you are all set to go.
6. Select Refresh Groups List under the Online menu. Select Delete All Extinct Groups.
Click OK to retrieve a complete list of all of our newsgroups.
7. Subscribe to the newsgroups by highlighting a group and then select Subscribe List
under the Group menu
8. Use Show under the Group menu to display the subscribed news groups.
9. Select Get New Headers In Subscribed Groups under the Online menu to retrieve
article headers.
Collabra (Netscape 4.x)
Comes free with Netscpae 4.x.More information available at Netscape Communications
Corporation
1. Open up Netscape Collabra. You can either launch Collabra directly or launch
Netscape 4.x. If you choose to launch Netscape 4.x you can open
Collabra by
selecting the Collabra Discussion Group from the Communicator menu.
2. From the Edit menu select Preferences.
3. Click on the Group Servers.
4. Enter the news
server address. Be sure port 119 is specified. Secure should be
unchecked and Always Use Name and Password should be checked.
5. Click the Choose button to specify where your news group folders will be stored.
6. Decide whether you want to be prompted if more than 500 (or whatever you specify)
messages are downloaded.
7. Then click OK and a new discussion group entry is created.
8. Right mouse click on the group and select Subscribe to Discusion groups. A window
pops up and prompts you for a login and password.
9. After entering your login and password correctly you will begin to receive the
newsgroups. This may take a while so be patient.
10. Afterwards you then subscribe to whatever your groups you want.
News Xpress
Freeware product with many advanced features including online graphic viewing
during
download. News Xpress can be located at Tucows. More
information available at News Xpress
1. Open up News Xpress.
2. Select Options from the File menu.
3. Click on the Servers Directory tab. Fill in the news server address.
Also fill in your email server information.
4. Select the News Server Authorization and fill in your news login and password. When
completed click OK.
5. To retrieve a listing of the newsgroups click on All tab located at the bottom of the
screen. Select Update Groups Info from the Group menu to retrieve our
newsgroups
list.
6. After reviewing all the available news groups you can subscribe to the groups by
clicking on the bullets or highlighting the newsgroup then selecting
Subscribe from
the Group menu. When you have completed subscribing to the desired newsgroups
you can click on the Subscribed tab to review your selections.
7. To retrieve headers highlight the desired newsgroup and select All Articles from the
View menu.
YA News Watcher
Freeware product MacIntosh users. More information available at Tucows
1. Open up News Watcher.
2. Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
3. Select Servers Addresses from the pulldown menu. Fill in the news server address.
Also fill in your email server
information.
4. Select Authentication from the pulldown menu. Fill in your news login and password.
Make sure Always Authenticate is checked to remember your login and password
between sessions. When completed click OK.
5. Exit YA Newswatcher and open it up again.
6. To subscribe to the newsgroups select the desired newsgroup and then select
Subscribe from the Special menu or you can drag-and-drop the selected
newsgroup
to the Titled Group window.
7. To retrieve the newsgroup headers double click on the newsgroup.
NN or Tin (Unix)
1. Using Unix news readers requires you to set the NNTPSERVER variable.
2. You will need to add an environment variable command to your .profile and/or .login
file.
C, TCSH Shell: setenv NNTPSERVER "selected servers address "
BORN, KORN Shell: NNTPSERVER=" selected servers address "; export
NNTPSERVER
3. To open tin you need to type tin -r.
News Rover
Shareware product with flexible search features and thumbnail previews. More
information
available at S&H Computer Systems
1. Open up News Rover.
2. Open the configuration window by selecting the Configure menu.
3. Click the Server tab.
4. Click Add Server.
5. Fill in the news server
address.
6. Select Logon authorization required. Fill in your news login and password. Select the
method of how you will connect to the Internet.
7. Click the E-Mail tab. Fill in your email server information.
8. To retrieve the list of newsgroups select the Get-Newsgroups menu.
9. Click on New Interest Group to begin subscribing to the newsgroups.
10. Click on New Interest Group.
11. To retrieve the newsgroup headers click on Run located in the News Rover window.
12. Select Messages from the View menu to examine the articles.
WinVN
Freeware product with basic features including multiple server support. More
information
available at Tucows FAQ available at WinVN Hompage
1. Open up WinVN.
2. Select Communications from the Configure menu. If it is a first install then the
Commuications Options will open automatically.
3. Fill in the news server
address information.
4. Fill in the Authorization Information. Be sure check Save Password.
5. Fill in the SMTP Server information. Preferably use fake info. Use SMTP protocol.
6. Fill in your appropriate time zone.
7. Click OK.
8. Select Connect to Server from the Network menu. If it is a first install then you will
automatically attempt to connect to the news server.
9. Click Yes when prompted to retrieve the latest group list from the server. If it is a
first
install then you will automatically attempt to retrieve the list from
the server.
10. Select the groups you want to subscribe.
11. Select Subscribe Selected Groups from the Group menu.
12. Double click on a group to open a new window to retrieve the list of articles.
13. Double click on an article to open a new window to retrieve the body of article.
14. To decode an article, select the articles parts by clicking on the individual article.
Then select Decode Selected Articles from the Articles
menu.
Stealthnews
Shareware product with thumbnails, image viewer, and file encryption. More info is
available at
Stealthnews' web site.
1. Start Stealthnews.
2. Create a new project, and choose Standard Stealthnews Project.
3. You will be prompted if you want to add a new server. Choose "Yes".
4. For the server, type in your selected servers
address..
5. Choose 199 (the default) for the port.
6. Enter your Username and Password, then click OK.
7. You will be asked if you want to download the groups for your server. Click Yes.
8. Once the newsgroups are downloaded, you may select the groups you want from
the treeview in the upper-left corner by double-clicking on them.
9. You may make the selecting process easier by filtering the newsgroups that are
displayed. To do this, select "Filter Newsgroups" from
the "View" menu.
10. Once you have chosen your groups, click the "Start Downloading" button (the
green
arrow) and the inbox will begin filling up with binary file
attachments.
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