The message is about Tools, Accounts, News, Properties, General. You
need to fill in the Name and email address fields there with something.
It doesn't have to be your real name or email address.
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Mike -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"Nelly Bly" <nellybly@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mn.bc497d870125dcd5.63005@xxxxxx
Quote:
> When I try to post to this newsgroup, or any group on
> msnews.microsoft.com from Windows Live Mail, I get a popup that reads
> "The message could not be sent. No sender was specified. Please check
> your news account configuration." I click the "ok" button and the
> message is sitting there waiting for me to try again.
>
> I checked my settings and they're just as they should be. I'm not
> required to log in so that area is blank. The port settings are the
> default. The news group came loaded on WLM but my setting matched my
> other news server settings.
>
> I have no problems with other servers, verizon.net and motzarella.org,
> on WLM. I also had aioe.org which requires no log on, like this
> server, and was able to post using it (I dropped only because it
> banned a newsgroup I like that has a funky name). I posted to
> microsoft.public.test using this news reader (MesNews) and it came
> through fine.
>
> I didn't really want to install another newsreader and I know this
> group can be accessed through a browser on the Microsoft site but I
> don't like using a browser for newsgroups.
>
> I have XP Pro SP2. My antivirus is Comodo and my antispywares are
> Adaware 2007, SuperAntiSpyware, and Spybot Search & Destroy. I use the
> Windows Firewall only.
>
> Ella
>
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>
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