Re: Goodbye for a while - Bev - Ollie


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On Jun 30, 2:37 pm, "Katcrazy" <kenandl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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... On Jun 29, 9:01 pm, "ollie2" <bev...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



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them but that's not much good if I can't see them.

You are giving up WAY too easily, Bev. The transition from
motzarella to eternal-september is relatively painless and tens
of thousands of other folks with Outlook Express have done it.
You can do it too. IF YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS:
1. do NOT just change the name from motzarella to e-s.
2. ADD a NEW account
3.make sure you CHECK the box this servers requires me to log
on 4. make sure you do NOT check the box about password
authentication. 5. Use the EXACT username and EXACT password
you used on your motzarella account.
Go to motzarella.support is it still doesn't work. There was
only one guy who wrote in about 20 times claiming he couldn't
get it to work, but it eventually turned out he was using an
incorrect password ---- I'm sure it'll turn out to be something
simple that you're overlooking.
Meanwhile, try the above and DO go to motzarella.support for
further info . . .
That you're having trouble with AIOE as well tells me that you
MUST be doing something wrong . . . don't give up. If it all
turns out to be beyond you, there's always googlegroups, but
I'm confident you can avoid that . . .

No, no, no, no, NO!
You add the new account thru Outlook Express, *NOT* thru the eternal-
september.org website. Of course you're already a client. You're a
motzarella client.
Do this: (in OUTLOOK EXPRESS)
1. Tools > Accounts > News
2. click ADD
3. selects "news" from the dropdown menu
-fill in your display name, hit NEXT
-fill in your email address, hit NEXT
-type in news.eternal-september.org, (do *not* hit next yet)
-CHECK "my news server requires me to log on", hit NEXT
-type in your account name and password
-CHECK remember password
-do NOT check the Secure password authenication box, now hit NEXT
- click FINISH
You should then get a message that asks "would you like to download
newsgroups from the news account you added?
click YES
You may get a prompt to enter your username and password -- do so.

use google groups if that doesn't work
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You have explained it in much simpler terms than me, this is how I
was trying to talk her through the set-up.

I have copied and pasted your instructions in an email to Bev in case
she no longer has access to the news group but I had an email from
her this morning and she still can't get it "sigh"

Lois

I didn't get the impression that attention to detail was one of Bev's
strong points.
In fact, I daresay that even googlegroups may prove such a challenge
to her that it may be quite some time before you all hear from her
again . . .
I'm sure she's convinced herself that she's followed instructions to
the letter, when in fact she's probably making the same mistakes over
and over again. Oh well...
Short of invading her house, pulling her away from her computer and
doing it for her, there's really nothing more that can be done . .

Absolutely. When I give my mother detailed instructions, she always
misses one step, which of course makes the operation fail. Yet she
insists she did everything I told her to do but it still won't work.

Bobble

Actually Bobble, attention to detail is one of my strong points , although
it may not appear so from my problems with this news server. I can usually
work my way through most computer problems. As a writer I have had to get
every fact right in a story which means constantly re-checking everything.

Just to let you know that I am not really that hopeless
and actually have spent a lot of time sorting out friends and relatives
computer problems.

Bev


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