Re: Entering Web addresses in a post

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I have used Outlook Express and I do understand that this is a newsgroup. OE
is just too slow downloading all the messages, and I have it set to headers
only!
I find it is much quicker to use IE6 and get to the newsgroups through the
MS community web pages.

"Malke" wrote:

> Richard A. King wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am using IE6 to read and post to the MS newsgroups. How to I enter a
> > web address as a link in a post, or can I only do this if I use
> > Outlook Express? The addresses I enter are in plain text.
>
> I honestly don't know anything about the web interface. Using the web
> interface is the worst way you could access these groups. 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://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> 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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> The world is diminished without him.
>
.

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