Re: Hotmail attachment unable to open in IE under limited user acc

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"CCLRC-IT" <CCLRCIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D71F0CAA-E8F8-4F62-B9EB-C7C421A14854@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks! Will do for next time since I already posted this question in a few
other WinXP (and accidentally in one of the Win2000) newsgroups.

I understand the terminology, however where can I find the function to
cross-post in the web interface or newsgroup program such as Outlook?


"Vanguard" wrote:

"CCLRC-IT" <CCLRCIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:098C2B55-E5F6-4432-921A-D11C4F779114@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Logged on under a limited user account, I browse to Hotmail and attempt > to
> open an attachment such as a PDF file. However, IE6 states it is > unable
> to
> open the file.

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When posting the same message to multiple newsgroups, cross-post.
Multi-posting separate copies of your message to different newsgroups
disconnects the users in each group from each other. They end up wasting
their time duplicating replies already submitted by other users.
Multi-posting also wastes space by having to store a separate copy of your
same message, and the wasted space is duplicated on every NNTP server to
which your posts get copied. Cross-posting allows users in each group to
which you posted to see each other's replies. It reduces space because only
a single copy gets saved on each NNTP server with a pointer to it in each
group to which you posted it.




Outlook doesn't support NNTP. In Outlook Express, you would click the Newsgroups button to select other newsgroups to add (but you probably need to be subscribed to them to see them in the list).

I don't use the webnews interface. It is obviously not a real NNTP client so it doesn't keep track of which newsgroups to which you have subscribed to then proffer a list of them to include when cross-posting. The features in the webnews-for-dummies interface doesn't come close to the features available in a real NNTP client. My recollection is that the webnews-for-dummies interface is geared to posting within one group. That is, it is a crippled interface to newsgroups. Microsoft is known for not following Usenet (and Internet) standards.

If your ISP's NNTP server doesn't carry the Microsoft groups (not very likely), or you don't want to consume your monthly quota when using your ISP's NNTP server to participate in the Microsoft groups, you can use the "msnews.microsoft.com" NNTP server to use a real NNTP client for newsgroups.

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