Vista - Cannot post to this newsgroup with Windows Live Mail

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

--
Sunshine's not expensive; God delivers it free.
"Give Me Your Hand" 1913.

Ensure that you have a Default account set in tools>accounts>mail.

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS]
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

"Nelly Bly" <nellybly@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mn.bc497d870125dcd5.63005@xxxxxx

Hi, Ella.

Have you tried creating a new News Account for the msnews.microsoft.com
server? Click on this link:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop

That should create a NEW news account for this server, subscribe you to THIS
newsgroup, and download the newest messages. Then you could find THIS
thread and try to Reply Group from that new account.

If that works, then you can simply delete the original account (unless you
are determined to track down the reason WHY it doesn't work).

Sometimes corruption creeps into accounts (both mail and news), but does not
affect the settings that are visible to us users. Creating a new account
starts fresh without that corruption.

On the Tools | Accounts screen, we can set a Default account for Mail, as
mac said, but not for News.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"Nelly Bly" <nellybly@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mn.bc497d870125dcd5.63005@xxxxxx

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

"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Oku4T3U7IHA.1428@xxxxxxI created a new news account putting msnews.microsoft.com for the server and
putting in my information including the fact I don't have to log on and this
fake address.

A test I made in the test group apparently went through since I didn't get
that message again.

I'm not going to delete the other newsgroup account; I'm just not going to
use it.

And, yes, I do have a default email account and have all along.

Thanks, everybody, for your help.

Ella

--
Sunshine's not expensive; God delivers it free.
"Give Me Your Hand" 1913