Diane B wrote:
Quote:
> I had problems with WinMail so now I am using Thunderbird for mail. I can
> not get Thunderbird to set up news servers. I tried to set up the MS
> Communities and also my Roadrunner server - I know the Roadrunner server
> name and default port are correct - but every time I click on Manage - I
> get
> an error that says "Failed to connect to server news-server.satx.rr.com".
> Default port is 119. I am using Windows Vista home. Any help would be
> appreciated. Right now I am getting newsgroups through WinMail (that is
> what works in WinMail) and mail through Thunderbird and I would like to
> only
> have to use one program.
> Diane
>
Are you using the latest version of TBird? If you are receiving email,
then your account is set up correctly. All you should have to do is fill
in the Name and email address. Possibly, you are not identifying the
account correctly (top box). Is your ISP your newsgroup server? If so,
give them a call and verify what they use for the name of the account.
I'm using Vista64 w/TBird and my ISP provides newsgroup access.
Fitz