A good way to keep current on interests you share with other people is by participating in newsgroups. After you set up a news account in Microsoft Outlook Express, you can begin participating in newsgroups by reading and responding to news messages. News messages are like mail messages, except that they are posted on a news server so that anyone can read them.
To help you read and keep track of news messages, Outlook Express displays newsgroup message headers in the Message list. Although newsgroups can contain thousands of messages, Outlook Express limits the display to 300 headers by default. You can specify the number of message headers you want to view.
If you subscribe to a newsgroup, you can set up a schedule to receive news messages at certain times or intervals. You can also apply rules to the messages you receive from a subscribed newsgroup. For example, you can create a rule that hides messages posted before a certain date or a rule that colors messages from a certain person blue.
If you read newsgroups in other languages, you can apply a character set to all of the messages in a newsgroup.
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Although you can use HTML format or attach files to your news messages, you should use such options sparingly. Some newsreader programs cannot display HTML and many newsgroup members might have relatively slow computers or Internet connections. |
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Viewing message headers for a newsgroup
About grouping messages by subject
Posting a reply to a newsgroup
Posting a message to a newsgroup
Applying a character set to a newsgroup
View message headers for a newsgroup
If the Folder list is hidden, click Folder List on the View menu.
Posting a message to a newsgroup
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If you subscribe to a newsgroup, you can create a schedule so that Microsoft Outlook Express automatically connects to the news server and checks the newsgroup for new messages at a time interval you specify. |
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Posting a reply to a newsgroup
Replying only to the author of a news message
Posting a message to a newsgroup
Check for new newsgroup messages
Viewing message headers for a newsgroup
Limit the number of message headers you receive
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When you view message headers for a newsgroup, you can get more headers at any time by clicking More. |
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Viewing message headers for a newsgroup
If the Folder list is hidden, click Folder List on the View menu.
If you are not connected to the Internet, Outlook Express connects to the Internet and posts the message.
Outlook Express stores the message in your Outbox.
Posting a reply to a newsgroup
Replying only to the author of a news message
If you are not connected to the Internet, Outlook Express connects to the Internet and posts the message.
Outlook Express stores the message in your Outbox.
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You can use Auto Text Cleanup tools to clean up formatting in mail or news messages that you reply to or forward. In an open message, point to Auto Text Cleanup on the Edit menu, and then click the tool you want to apply. |
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Posting a message to a newsgroup
Replying only to the author of a news message
Reply only to the author of a news message
If you are not connected to the Internet, Outlook Express connects to the Internet and sends the message.
Outlook Express stores the message in your Outbox.
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You can use Auto Text Cleanup tools to clean up formatting in mail or news messages that you reply to or forward. In an open message, point to Auto Text Cleanup on the Edit menu, and then click the tool you want to apply. |
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Posting a reply to a newsgroup
Posting a message to a newsgroup
Apply a character set to a newsgroup
If the Folder list is hidden, click Folder List on the View menu.
About reading messages in other languages
Applying a character set manually