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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