Re: two web-based news reader warts

X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000

Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 is akin to bear skins and stone knives.

Do yourself a favor and setup a real newsreader.

Outlook Express came free with XP.

You will later wonder why you didn't setup OE as your newsreader sooner.

MICROSOFT PUBLIC NEWSGROUPS
[[There are many valuable newsgroups on the msnews.microsoft.com server, on
nearly every available topic and in many different languages. Clicking the
links below will automatically create any necessary account configuration in
Outlook Express and take you directly to the newsgroup you have selected -
no complicated technical configurations are needed!]]
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Using Outlook Express To View Newsgroups
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2fdirectory%2fworldwide%2fen-gb%2fnewsout.asp

Viewing and Posting to Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/newsgroups.asp

Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Getting News from Newsgroups
Ignore this part ->> Access a newsgroup right from the Web.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/gettingnews.asp

Set Up Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/oe/setup.asp

Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express: Power User Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx

Outlook Express newsgroups 101
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/newsgroups101.mspx

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:E0309350-BF82-4BC2-9B73-1DFB674C257F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
wyocowboy <wyocowboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
A newbie to the Community Newgroups posted a Windows 2000 Prof workstation
question to the XP General group using the web newsgroup reader because he
could not find the microsoft.public.win2000........... groups associated
with the win2k workstation in the navigation pane under English - Windows
- Windows (older versions). The win2k workstation type groups used to
display in the navigation pane, so could someone fix that? It is not
terribly intuitive to have to browse into the win2k server groups for a
workstation question.

A second annoyance...

When clicking on the link in the email notification of a thread update, it
properly or improperly takes you directly to the thread. However, you are
not signed in, so when you click 'reply' you are taken to the sign in
page. However, after signing in, one is kicked back out the the home
newsgroup page (http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx).
Then you have to click on the emailed link again, or use other means to
get back to the thread so that you can again click 'reply' and post.

I had reported this second issue once before, and it had been fixed, but
the same usability wart is back. Since the link in the notification says
'read the response' logging in prior to reading the update would not seem
to be required, but it would seem trivial to return to the thread after
logging in - at least it had been working that way after I reported this
the first time, and this is the way that other web-based forum/group
readers do it.

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