Subscribing in Outlook

[Nathalie]

Where do I find the actual names for the newsgroups to
subscribe in Outlook? The names I copy from Microsoft
don't seem to work and I get "cannot find server" errors
when I use them. I'm also looking for Excel and Word.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Where do I find the actual names for the newsgroups to
subscribe in Outlook? The names I copy from Microsoft
don't seem to work and I get "cannot find server" errors
when I use them. I'm also looking for Excel and Word.
Any help is appreciated.

You can't "subscribe" to newsgroups in Outlook - you have to use Outlook
Express (or some other Newsreader) for that.

 

[Guest]

Let me rephrase this: I use the newsreader in Outlook
and cannot find the NNTP name it requires to sign up, and
it won't let me look for any unless I subscribe to at
least one. Does anyone know the names to add to my
newsreader to subscribe? I had them all set up and I.T.
came in over the weekend to do upgrades and deleted
everything. Thanks for the help.

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Let me rephrase this: I use the newsreader in Outlook
and cannot find the NNTP name it requires to sign up, and
it won't let me look for any unless I subscribe to at
least one. Does anyone know the names to add to my
newsreader to subscribe? I had them all set up and I.T.
came in over the weekend to do upgrades and deleted
everything. Thanks for the help.
msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Roady]

Hi Nathalie,

The server is msnews.microsoft.com. This newsgroup is
microsoft.public.outlook.general. There is a whole set of
microsoft.public.outlook newsgroup. Just use the search facility in your
newsreader to locate them all.

Hope this helps!
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[Nathalie]

That's it, thank you Gordon!
(I was missing the msnews portion)

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

That's it, thank you Gordon!
(I was missing the msnews portion)

You're welcome!