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Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
When you get to be the CEO of Microsoft, maybe you can enact that
change. meaningless message, sorry |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
Please include the post to which you are replying to so others know what you
are talking about as this is not a forum where all messages are threaded - its a newsgroup and we all prefer different views. Outlook sucks as a newsreader - if you don't believe me, try the newsreader addins and you'll discover many of the limitations of using a mapi client for NNTP. http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/news.htm As bad as OE (and its incarnations of Vista Mail and Live Mail) are, they are better newsreaders than outlook ever would be and if those don't suit, alternate browsers include newsreaders, or you can use standalones like Agent, xananews, xnews, gravity and many, many others. I like xananews the best of all non-MS clients, but stopped using it when beta testing as I formatted too often - it was faster to use OE than to reinstall the software. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "exciter" wrote in message ... like? |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
thanks!
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... Please include the post to which you are replying to so others know what you are talking about as this is not a forum where all messages are threaded - its a newsgroup and we all prefer different views. Outlook sucks as a newsreader - if you don't believe me, try the newsreader addins and you'll discover many of the limitations of using a mapi client for NNTP. http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/news.htm As bad as OE (and its incarnations of Vista Mail and Live Mail) are, they are better newsreaders than outlook ever would be and if those don't suit, alternate browsers include newsreaders, or you can use standalones like Agent, xananews, xnews, gravity and many, many others. I like xananews the best of all non-MS clients, but stopped using it when beta testing as I formatted too often - it was faster to use OE than to reinstall the software. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "exciter" wrote in message ... like? |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
SOrry to be so late to this thread, but I have a question: Is it possible to
connect to the Microsoft Newsgroups, via OE, and if so, how does one configure OE to do so (note, I am inside my company's firewall, if that makes any diff). Patk "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Go into Internet options (IE, Tools, Options or Control panel) - set the new reader on the programs tab. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message ... You are correct. I see that it is Windows Mail that contains the newsreader, not Outlook. Outlook offers the tool button that will call up the newsreader. In my case, pressing the button causes a different program other than Windows Mail to open. I might try seeing what happens if I remove Barca Pro from the operating system (I am using Outlook presently but might need Barca to read older email messages from when I was using it before). I suppose making Windows Mail the default mail program would not help matters. "Diane Poremsky" wrote in message ... Outlook is not a newsreader. it uses OE (Windows XP) or Windows Mail (Vista). -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message .. . When the "News" Icon is pressed on the toolbar a different program opens (Barca Pro2). How do I make Outlook the default Newsgroup Reader? I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista 2007 I tried changing the default programs in Vista but did not work. Many Thanks. |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
use the server name msnews.microsoft.com and all the default settings. No
username or password is required. If the company blocks NNTP port 119, it won't work. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "PatK" wrote in message ... SOrry to be so late to this thread, but I have a question: Is it possible to connect to the Microsoft Newsgroups, via OE, and if so, how does one configure OE to do so (note, I am inside my company's firewall, if that makes any diff). Patk "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Go into Internet options (IE, Tools, Options or Control panel) - set the new reader on the programs tab. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message ... You are correct. I see that it is Windows Mail that contains the newsreader, not Outlook. Outlook offers the tool button that will call up the newsreader. In my case, pressing the button causes a different program other than Windows Mail to open. I might try seeing what happens if I remove Barca Pro from the operating system (I am using Outlook presently but might need Barca to read older email messages from when I was using it before). I suppose making Windows Mail the default mail program would not help matters. "Diane Poremsky" wrote in message ... Outlook is not a newsreader. it uses OE (Windows XP) or Windows Mail (Vista). -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message .. . When the "News" Icon is pressed on the toolbar a different program opens (Barca Pro2). How do I make Outlook the default Newsgroup Reader? I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista 2007 I tried changing the default programs in Vista but did not work. Many Thanks. |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
Ok...I guess what I had set up was right...my company must be blocking 119.
Oh well....I will just log in here :-) "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: use the server name msnews.microsoft.com and all the default settings. No username or password is required. If the company blocks NNTP port 119, it won't work. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "PatK" wrote in message ... SOrry to be so late to this thread, but I have a question: Is it possible to connect to the Microsoft Newsgroups, via OE, and if so, how does one configure OE to do so (note, I am inside my company's firewall, if that makes any diff). Patk "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Go into Internet options (IE, Tools, Options or Control panel) - set the new reader on the programs tab. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message ... You are correct. I see that it is Windows Mail that contains the newsreader, not Outlook. Outlook offers the tool button that will call up the newsreader. In my case, pressing the button causes a different program other than Windows Mail to open. I might try seeing what happens if I remove Barca Pro from the operating system (I am using Outlook presently but might need Barca to read older email messages from when I was using it before). I suppose making Windows Mail the default mail program would not help matters. "Diane Poremsky" wrote in message ... Outlook is not a newsreader. it uses OE (Windows XP) or Windows Mail (Vista). -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message .. . When the "News" Icon is pressed on the toolbar a different program opens (Barca Pro2). How do I make Outlook the default Newsgroup Reader? I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista 2007 I tried changing the default programs in Vista but did not work. Many Thanks. |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
many companies do block the nntp port unfortunately.
-- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "PatK" wrote in message ... Ok...I guess what I had set up was right...my company must be blocking 119. Oh well....I will just log in here :-) "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: use the server name msnews.microsoft.com and all the default settings. No username or password is required. If the company blocks NNTP port 119, it won't work. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "PatK" wrote in message ... SOrry to be so late to this thread, but I have a question: Is it possible to connect to the Microsoft Newsgroups, via OE, and if so, how does one configure OE to do so (note, I am inside my company's firewall, if that makes any diff). Patk "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Go into Internet options (IE, Tools, Options or Control panel) - set the new reader on the programs tab. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message ... You are correct. I see that it is Windows Mail that contains the newsreader, not Outlook. Outlook offers the tool button that will call up the newsreader. In my case, pressing the button causes a different program other than Windows Mail to open. I might try seeing what happens if I remove Barca Pro from the operating system (I am using Outlook presently but might need Barca to read older email messages from when I was using it before). I suppose making Windows Mail the default mail program would not help matters. "Diane Poremsky" wrote in message ... Outlook is not a newsreader. it uses OE (Windows XP) or Windows (Vista). -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message .. . When the "News" Icon is pressed on the toolbar a different program opens (Barca Pro2). How do I make Outlook the default Newsgroup Reader? I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista 2007 I tried changing the default programs in Vista but did not work. Many Thanks. |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
Not unfortunate if that company has decided its workers should spend time on company business and not posting to alt.binaries.sex.gerbils.
Those who do want their staff to have NNTP access use Exchange 2003 or earlier to gateway NNTP. Or they allow web access to news groups. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... many companies do block the nntp port unfortunately. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "PatK" wrote in message ... Ok...I guess what I had set up was right...my company must be blocking 119. Oh well....I will just log in here :-) "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: use the server name msnews.microsoft.com and all the default settings. No username or password is required. If the company blocks NNTP port 119, it won't work. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "PatK" wrote in message ... SOrry to be so late to this thread, but I have a question: Is it possible to connect to the Microsoft Newsgroups, via OE, and if so, how does one configure OE to do so (note, I am inside my company's firewall, if that makes any diff). Patk "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Go into Internet options (IE, Tools, Options or Control panel) - set the new reader on the programs tab. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message ... You are correct. I see that it is Windows Mail that contains the newsreader, not Outlook. Outlook offers the tool button that will call up the newsreader. In my case, pressing the button causes a different program other than Windows Mail to open. I might try seeing what happens if I remove Barca Pro from the operating system (I am using Outlook presently but might need Barca to read older email messages from when I was using it before). I suppose making Windows Mail the default mail program would not help matters. "Diane Poremsky" wrote in message ... Outlook is not a newsreader. it uses OE (Windows XP) or Windows (Vista). -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "jayC" wrote in message .. . When the "News" Icon is pressed on the toolbar a different program opens (Barca Pro2). How do I make Outlook the default Newsgroup Reader? I am using Outlook 2007 and Vista 2007 I tried changing the default programs in Vista but did not work. Many Thanks. |
Make Outlook Default Newgroup Reader
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote: Not unfortunate if that company has decided its workers should spend time on company business and not posting to alt.binaries.sex.gerbils. Well said! grin |
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