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Reading Newsgroups


If you subscribe to a news server, you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer to read or post messages in Usenet newsgroups.

To configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to access newsgroups

  1. On the View menu, click Options.
  2. Click the News tab, if necessary.
  3. Select the Use Internet Explorer To Read Internet Newsgroups check box.
  4. In the News Server Address box, type the domain name or IP address of your news server.
  5. Click OK.

To read newsgroups

  1. To list the available newsgroups, type news:* in the URL box. An alphabetical list of newsgroups with brief descriptions appears. To list the messages in a newsgroup, click the name of the newsgroup.
  2. To access a particular newsgroup, type the URL by using the syntax news:newsgroup. For example: news:news.announce.newusers

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