Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader
Using the web based access to newsgroups is a very difficult way to 
use high volume newsgroups like the XP newsgroups. With several XP 
newsgroups average daily volume well over 1000 messages, the web 
formats lack of the search ability severely limits the usefulness 
of the newsgroups forum. Below are steps and tips on setting up the 
Outlook Express Newsreader for viewing and posting to the Microsoft newsgroups.

1.  Open Outlook Express, or if you have Outlook configured, open Outlook. 
2.  From Tools menu, select Accounts. 
3.  Click the Add button and select News. 
4.  This will launch the Internet Connection Wizard. 
5.  Type the name you want to appear in the "From" column in the Display field. 
6.  Type your email address, this can be any email address, but I suggest            
    creating an email account just for newsgroup posting. 
7.  Enter msnews.microsoft.com for the NNTP server. Leave my newserver requires      
    me to log on unchecked 
8.  In the Newsgroup Subscriptions dialog box, type microsoft.public.windowsxp.      
    to display all Windows XP newsgroups. Click the newsgroups you're interested     
    in, then click Subscribe. 
9.  When you have subscribed to the desired newsgroups, click OK 
10. From OE Tools> Options> Read> Set the number of headers to retrieve to 1000.     
    Uncheck the checkbox to download all the messages in a newsgroup.                
    (recommended, but takes a considerable amount of time) The XP newsgroups         
    have a very high volume and average posts in some groups exceed 1000 posts       
    per day, using the default 300 headers to download would give only a             
    fraction of the posts and replies to the newsgroups. 
11. From View> Current View select Show All Messages. 
12. From View>Sort By select Sent 
13. Use Help for more tips on configuring OE for newsgroups. 
 
 Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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4-29-2003