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 Configuring Outlook Express for Newsguy
  

1. Within Outlook Express, choose the Tools | Accounts option from the main menu. When the Internet Accounts dialog appears, click the Add -> News... option. Once the Internet Connection Wizard is launched, enter the News (NNTP) server address and check the option for My news server requires me to log on

Personal account configuration
News (NNTP) Server: news.newsguy.com
My news server requires me to log on check
Access through an Internet Service Provider
News (NNTP) Server: cnews.newsguy.com
My news server requires me to log on Confirm with your ISP if needed

2. Next enter your Newsguy username for the Account name setting, and your selected Newsguy password in its appropriate field. You may check the Remember password option if you would prefer to do that. Please leave other options (e.g. SPA) unchecked.

3.The last step would display a confirmation screen and would click the Finish button when you were ready to retrieve the newsgroups list.

4. When prompted you can select the option to get the full newsgroup list from Newsguy. Click Yes to do this. Once retrieved you can select your subscribed groups.

Tip #1: If you need to configure Newsguy's alternate NNTP Port#, that can be modified by selecting the Tools Accounts menu option, and choosing the News tab. Next highlight your Newsguy configuration from the list and click the Properties button. Once the properties dialog appears, click the Advanced tab. Newsguy's default NNTP) Port# is 119 and the alternate is 8080

Tip #2: Within the same area as above (Tip #1), you can adjust the Server Timeouts setting. This may be useful if you are downloading large binaries files and need to allot more time for Outlook Express to complete its download tasks.

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