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Click
Mail icon on toolbar of Internet Explorer
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Click
Read News
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The
Internet Connection Wizard will launch and request setup
information
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Enter
your Display Name -- appears in the from field
when you post/send messages to a newsgroup (e.g. Judy
Doherty) then click [Next]
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Enter
your E-Mail Address – this enables people to
reply directly to you (e.g. jdoherty@mail.colgate.edu)
then click [Next]
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Enter
the Internet News Server Name: news.colgate.edu
Be sure to check the box labeled “My news server
requires me to logon” then click [Next]
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Enter
the News Server Logon Information then click [Next]
Account name: newsuser
Password: newspass
Do not check the box labeled "Logon using SPA"
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Click
[Next] to continue
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Click
[Finish]
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You
will get an Outlook Express dialogue box informing you
that you have not subscribed to any newsgroups in this
account – click [Yes] to view the list of
available newsgroups
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The
system will download the list of available news groups
(this may take a few minutes, but only needs to be done
once)
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Once
the download is complete, the Newsgroups Subscriptions
dialogue box will display.
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In
the “Display newsgroups which contain field” type cews
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The
Colgate-Newsgroup.cews newsgroup should display -- click
the [Subscribe] button.
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Click the [GoTo] button
to immediately go to that newsgroup using the IE Outlook
Express Newsreader -- it should look something like
this:
