Using Outlook Express to post to Newsgroups
by Sid Ismail, South Africa
Changes that must be effected to Outlook Express 5 before liaising with newsgroups
- TO READ:
- Tools
- Options
- Read
- Fonts
- in "Font settings" highlight "User Defined"
- in "Proportional Font" select "Courier New"
- in "Fixed-width Font" select "Courier New"
- ensure "Font size" is set to "smaller"
OK
- TO POST:
- First click "Send"
- ensure radio button "Plain Text" is ON for "News sending Format"
- now click "Plain Text Settings"
- ensure radio button for "Uencode" is ON ==> MIME must be OFF
- OK
now click "Compose"
- change Compose Font of "News:" to "12 pt. Courier New"
- OK
- Apply
- OK
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