Thanks guys all sorted
"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns9A1DA8AE39854thisnthatadelphianet@xxxxxx
Quote:
> "dgmacmi<>" <dgmacmi@xxxxxx> wrote in
> news:e6LDG3HUIHA.5132@xxxxxx:
> Quote:
>> Your ISP copies the
>> newsgroups from msnews.microsoft.com and may not be current.
>
> Wrong. And it may be censored as well. The only way to see where your ISP
> gets Usenet from is to look at the Path: header. The first entry on the
> line is the LAST server the post went thru. The ISP server will have
> push/pull peers with which it sends and receives posts from.
> Quote:
>> To use msnews.microsoft.com you need to provide a user name and email
>> address. However, both can be any user name and email address you
>> choose. The email address need not be an actual email address and
>> should not be your real email address.
>
> To use any news _client_ you usually have to fill in this info. No
> different for MSNEWS. It sounds as if you are saynig it needs a
> username/password.