Lou
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lounotreal@optonline.net
Sep 13, 2006, 3:07 PM
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da pickle wrote:
> "FellKnight"
>
>> On Sep 12 2006 6:21 PM, minus200(DELETETHIS) wrote:
>>
>>> call your isp - they will walk you thur it
>> No they won't ;)
>>
>> All we need is the server from which RGP is propagated.
>
> Some of the replies might assume that you know something that you do not
> know. I don't know much, but others may be as confused as I am.
>
> In order to use a news reader, like FreeAgent or Thunderbird, it must "talk"
> to a news server. (You can use Outlook Express as a news reader if you are
> using it as your mail reader. It configures almost the same way as the mail
> reader ... you just substitute different words and numbers.)
>
> My ISP once had a news server and most of the larger ISPs have news servers.
> (I pay for my news server at giganews.) The easier way to do it is to call
> tech service back at your ISP and find someone that will actually speak to
> you. "Someone" will help you eventually. You may not have a news server
> ... if you do not, you need something like giganews (which has a fee) or a
> different "free" news server. (That is beyond me today.)
>
> It is much, much better to access news groups, like rec.gambling.poker with
> a news reader than it is to use a web access point like recpoker or
> recgroups. If you experience the difference, you will wonder why you ever
> thought web access was worth the trouble. There is a giant difference.
>
> Now, configuring a news reader is easy if you know how to do it in advance.
> If you do not, it is like any other easy task that you do not yet know how
> to do. (I think the reason you have not received specific advice on
> configuration is because no one knows the "address" of your news server (of
> even if you have one) and they do not know exactly which news reader you
> want to use.
>
> Just by way of example, if you open Outlook Express, if you have OE, and
> want to try something, then click on TOOLS and then select Accounts. You
> will see "folder tabs" titled, All, Mail, News, and Directory Services. If
> you click the "mail" tab (and you are using OE as your mail reader) you can
> select your mail account and go to "properties" to see how it is configured.
> Say it says "mail.*yourisp*.com" as you incoming mail address ... or
> "pop.*yourisp*.com" or whatever ... (it may say "smtp.*yourisp*.com as your
> outgoing mail address) ... ... anyway, that is the format you will use to
> "try" to configure your news reader ... just "assume" your ISP has a news
> server.
>
> So, back up and this time choose News instead of Mail.
>
> When you get there, select "add" and then "news" ... ... you will come to a
> box for your "display name" and this is the name you want to appear on your
> posts ... FellKnight might be good ... then the next box is for the email
> address you want to appear with your posts ... "fellknight at gmail dot com"
> would work nicely ... then, you are going to need some help with the ending
> ... it will depend whether the news server requires you to log in, you will
> need more than the address ... (the address is likely "news.*yourisp*.com")
> if you have an account number and password, that may be necessary but it can
> be "remembered" so you do not have to do it more than once. It may be the
> same as your mail data. (I strongly recommend writing this information
> down. At giganews, you account name and password might be hard to remember
> later if you need it.)
>
> I do not know if this helps or hurts. Maybe others can do a better job for
> those of us who have difficulty with simple tasks. I have found that tech
> folks often use words that are obvious to those who already know what they
> are talking about, but are "foreign" to many of us. I am not sure if I am
> helping or not. Good luck.
>
>
Not knowing how much the OP knows is why I pointed him to mozilla help.
Lou
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