Re: This is ridiculous

From: Jim Carlock (anonymous_at_localhost.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:20:00 -0500

"PA Bear" asked:
> Now, why, pray tell, are you using OE (or OL Newsreader)
> to post here when you're using the web-interface to post to
> OE6 NG?

Huhh? You lost me there... My last post into OE news was
used using Outlook Express. I've posted in the past a very
few times but nothing recently using the CDO interface.

I can't remember the last time I used the CDO interface. It
is called CDO, right? The only acronym I like is: LOL. <eg>

> OL MVPs tell us that when you're using the "Outlook Newsreader",
> OE should be displayed as the default newsreader in
> IE Tools>...>Programs *but* when you get the prompt to make
> OE the default newsreader you should choose No.
> (Just passin' it on. <eg>)

You lost me there as well. I'm going to restate what you said...

Outlook MVPs indicate selecting OE as the default newsreader
in IE Tools>...>Programs, but when prompted to make OE
the default newsreader, select "No".

And so then I open IE Options, Tools, Programs tab (or by
right clicking on Internet Explorer on the Desktop, selecting
Properties, then the Programs tab) and I change the default
newsreader from OE to Outlook, then click upon Apply, the
apply works without a prompt. I never see the "No" prompt.

As far as being poorly disguised, I think of it as a shortcut
to a shortcut to a program, in the case of telling OE that the
default newsreader is Outlook... Ahh! Gotcha! I keep
thinking along the lines of memory addresses and pointers
pointing to structures which in turn contain pointers to
internal data... All these details! LOL You ARE evil.

Where did I post in the OE group using CDO? 

-- 
Jim Carlock
Post replies to newsgroup.
"PA Bear" mentioned...
Ah!  The "external" newsreader is indeed a poorly disguised version of
Outlook Express, AKA the Outlook Newsreader (similar to using a /newsonly or
/outnews switch on your OE shortcut).
Jim Carlock wrote:
> Outlook help indicates that Outlook starts up an EXTERNAL
> newsreader program. I'm using Outlook 2002 (XP).
>
> The help file indicates the following:
> "If you have not previously set up a newsreader, Microsoft
> Outlook automatically sets up the Outlook Express Newsreader.
> If you have set up a different newsreader, you can start it from
> within Outlook."
>
> I tested with two newsreaders... Outlook Express and Mozilla
> Thunderbird.
>
> The only way I can currently see to add support newsreader
> support to Outlook 2002 (XP) would be to write a bunch of
> API declarations inside of VBA and add it in that manner.
>
> As far as "Outlook Newsreader" goes, I don't see one. Doing
> a search through the registry yields:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Outlook
> NewsReader\Protocols\news\
>
> And that is the ONE and ONLY ONE key that has the
> "Outlook Newsreader" name contained within it. If you look at
> the full address of that key, you will see that it exists inside
> the "Outlook Express" subkey.
>
> Did I miss something? Or did you miss something?
>
> --
> Jim Carlock
> Post replies to newsgroup.
>
> "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote:
>
> Is your "external" newsreader the "Outlook Newsreader" or
> something else?
>
> Jim Carlock wrote:
>> You got me interested and I checked it out. Outlook starts
>> up an External newsreader. Usually it starts Outlook Express
>> up. I tested it with Office XP Professional (Outlook 2002).
>>
>> Is there something different for Office 2003?
>>
>>
>> NobodyMan wrote:
>>> It doesn't matter if you can't get into Outlook, as Outlook provides
>>> NO - ZERO- NADA - news reading ability.  Don't confuse Outlook and
>>> Outlook Express.  They only share the word OUTLOOK in common.

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