Microsoft KB Archive/184776

Configuring Outlook Express to Read Netnews.msn.com Newsgroups

PSS ID Number: Q184776 Article last modified on 09-24-1998

WINDOWS:1.2,1.3,2.0,2.5

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 The Microsoft Network versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.5 == Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows 95 == 

= SUMMARY =

You can now use Microsoft Outlook Express to read Internet newsgroups on netnews.msn.com. Outlook Express is an e-mail client and newsreader included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To configure Outlook Express to read Internet newsgroups on netnews.msn.com, follow these steps:


 * 1) Start Outlook Express. If you are prompted to connect to MSN, The Microsoft Network, click Cancel.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
 * 3) Click the News tab.
 * 4) Click Add, and then click News.
 * 5) In the Display Name box, type your name as you would like it to appear when you post messages to Internet newsgroups, and then click Next.
 * 6) In the E-mail Address box, type your MSN e-mail address, and then click Next.
 * 7) In the News (NNTP) Server box, type “netnews.msn.com” (without quotation marks).
 * 8) Click to select the “My news server requires me to log on” check box, and then click Next.
 * 9) Click “Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA),” and then click Next.
 * 10) In the Internet News Account Name box, type “netnews.msn.com” (without quotation marks), and then click Next.
 * 11) Click “I will establish my Internet connection manually”, and then click Next.
 * 12) Click Finish.
 * 13) Click Close.

Additional query words: 1.20 1.30 2.00 2.50 msnet msnetwork microsoft-net m.s.n. outexw95 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbui msninternet kbmsn Version : WINDOWS:1.2,1.3,2.0,2.5 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.