If you are referring to the Microsoft Communities in Windows Mail, the
server is msnews.microsoft.com
which, strangely, only carries Microsoft groups.
You can add other news servers, like giganews, or one provided by your ISP,
if you wish.
Tools - Accounts - Add - Newsgroup account
"Paul" <p@p.com> wrote in message
news:ub2Pm5U3HHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I wouldn't mind being able to have other newsgroups on here other than
>Micro$oft.
>
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