setting up newsgroups

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jimr

I am having trouble accessing newsgroups through Outlook
2003. I set up "news" on the "go" dropdown list
according to the help instructions. Sometimes "news" is
on the dropdown list and sometimes it is not. When it is
on the list and I click on it, it takes me to a folder
called "1033"
(C:\programfiles\commonfiles\system\msmapi\1033). Help.
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, jimr asked:

| I am having trouble accessing newsgroups through Outlook
| 2003. I set up "news" on the "go" dropdown list
| according to the help instructions. Sometimes "news" is
| on the dropdown list and sometimes it is not. When it is
| on the list and I click on it, it takes me to a folder
| called "1033"
| (C:\programfiles\commonfiles\system\msmapi\1033). Help.
 
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