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Old 03-04-2007   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Newsgroups

Frank, where do you write the "false address" (i,e., where do you set it, or
in which dialog box do you write it, so the false address appears?)


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:4E958FD5-7D49-4627-8979-DE73A0776857@microsoft.com...
> "Kevin Gal" <KevinGal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:975359E9-287D-4EFF-9C84-1536AAFB4E83@microsoft.com...
>>I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a
>>very
>> basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a
>> posting
>> from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is
>> a
>> Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?

>
> You do not need a POP3 email address to use news. You should always Reply
> to Group. Using just Plain Reply replies to the sender and you will find
> that many, many posters use false addresses, which is a good idea if you
> don't like spam. A useful fake email address would be
> KevinGal@fake.invalid .
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>


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