• YAY!!!

    From Richard Carl Silk@Richard.Silk@Juno.Com to alt.dreams on Mon Feb 19 16:35:36 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.dreams

    testing... DONE! (From XP / Outlook Express!)


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  • From Richard Carl Silk@Richard.Silk@Juno.Com to alt.dreams on Mon Feb 19 16:46:04 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.dreams

    OK, this applies for users of Windows XP and Outlook Express. If you use
    any *other* newsreader program (or Operating System / Version) your steps
    *may well* differ somewhat, if not extensively.

    What did NOT work was trying to simply connect *to* the news server. Ran
    into *all sorts* of headaches with an *old configuration* using my parents' bellsouth email address. Totally unnecessary.

    NEXT: After noticing that the news server was actually a website (a valid URL, so to speak) I went to it (news.eternal-september.org) and lo & behold, they had a "registration" form *right there on the front.* So I used my
    juno email address (does GREAT at trapping spam!) and registered. They sent an email with the configuration info necessary, of note, a UserID, password, and
    Server name: news.eternal-september.org
    ----------------------------------
    Port : 119

    And *Presto!* I was up and running! (Well, I had to download the
    newsgroups, then subscribe to alt.dreams, but hey, it was a *snap* after registering!!)



    "Richard Carl Silk" <snip> wrote in message news:ur0l3n$23r2b$1@dont-email.me...
    testing... DONE! (From XP / Outlook Express!)



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