Reading newsgroup

[Craig]

I am new to Office 2003. I have been using Outlook Express for reading
newsgroups and Hotmail.
I am wondering whether I can use Outlook 2003 for receiving hotmail and
reading news. Craig

 

[Mark R Penn]

I don't know about Hotmail (I think not, but I could easily be wrong), but
for news no you can't by default. If you do a Google for "NNTP for Outlook"
you'll find lots of information about plugins that will add news support,
but as far as I know none are free, and I've found them to be lacking
features compared even to OE.

Personally, I'd stick with OE for news, or find another dedicated news
reader.

Mark

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am new to Office 2003. I have been using Outlook Express for
reading newsgroups and Hotmail.
I am wondering whether I can use Outlook 2003 for receiving hotmail
and reading news.

Outlook can be used for Hotmail if you have a Hotmail Plus or Hotmail
Premium account. See http://join.msn.com/general/Email . Outlook cannot be
used to read newsgroups. Outlook uses Outlook Express for that.