Re: OT Sort of
- From: George Max <gmax@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:03:06 -0500
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:34:13 -0500, "Morris Dovey" <mrdovey@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
O D (in 26996-44E27190-34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:
| Can some one tell me how to get on this newsgroup from a PC. Reason
| I ask is I have finally decided to get into the real world and get
| a PC. With webtv, it was very simple as I just had to click on
| woodworking. Did not have to go to any other site. It will be
| appreciated.
You will want to connect to the internet through an ISP (internet
service provider). When you do that you should ensure that both e-mail
and usenet (newsgroups) are part of the package; and that the
prospective ISP makes available all of the news groups you'd like to
read/post.
Your ISP can and should help you to set up your e-mail and news reader
software. With good phone coaching you should be able to set
everything up in 5-10 minutes.
What he said. Plus you need a newsreader. The newsreader will have
to be told what the names of the news server and email server are.
That's where the guidance from the ISP comes in.
In my case, I use Agent (www.forteinc.com) and it needs to know the
news server and the SMTP server name for outgoing email messages.
Forte also has Freeagent, but it has a few less features than Agent.
There are plenty of other newsreader programs out there. Everyone has
a favorite. I'm sure you'll hear plenty about that.
Since you're leaving WebTV, you may also need an email client. I use
Eudora made by Qualcomm. You can buy a copy via download from them.
OR use it for free, but then there's a bunch of ads on it. I gave
them money to avoid the ads.
Again, lots of options here.
.
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