Vista - Outllook Express in Vista?

When I install Vista, how will I get access to Outlook express newsgroups. I
understand that Outlook express is not featured in Vista

"Jake" <jake@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> When I install Vista, how will I get access to Outlook express newsgroups.
> I
> understand that Outlook express is not featured in Vista


OE7 is called Windows Mail in Vista.

Click on this link and it should take you to this newsgroup after you enter
your details:

news://microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

ss.

"Jake" <jake@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> When I install Vista, how will I get access to Outlook express newsgroups.
> I
> understand that Outlook express is not featured in Vista

Windows Mail can access newsgroups the same as OE did. If they didn't come
over in the upgrade,
add the newsgroup account just the same as you did for OE. Then you'll have
to subscribe to all your
groups again.

Tom Lake

Use WIndows Mail.

Windows Mail is the successor to Outlook Express. It is similar but not the
same as Outlook Express.

Windows Mail does support the /newsonly and the /outnews swtiches, so you
can operate it as a stand-alone newsreader-only program [or as MS Office's
Outlook's newsreader program] instead of as an email program.

--

Saucy Lemon
(For email, remove the caps in address)



"Jake" <jake@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> When I install Vista, how will I get access to Outlook express newsgroups.
> I
> understand that Outlook express is not featured in Vista
>
>

"Jake" <jake@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> When I install Vista, how will I get access to Outlook express newsgroups.
> I
> understand that Outlook express is not featured in Vista
>
>


Windows Mail is included in Vista and replaces Outlook Express.

--
Jim

"Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Windows Mail does support the /newsonly and the /outnews swtiches, so you
> can operate it as a stand-alone newsreader-only program [or as MS Office's
> Outlook's newsreader program] instead of as an email program.

Outlook (in any release year) doesn't function as a newsreader, nor does it
have a newsreading program, never has. You can only have Outlook, if set up
as such, open "News (a newsreader)" and then it will open Windows mail (or
OE in previous OSes) to use a newsreader. But why do that when one can just
simply open WM?

"Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uX4NTjEUHHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Windows Mail does support the /newsonly and the /outnews swtiches, so you
>> can operate it as a stand-alone newsreader-only program [or as MS
>> Office's Outlook's newsreader program] instead of as an email program.
>
> Outlook (in any release year) doesn't function as a newsreader, nor does
> it have a newsreading program, never has. You can only have Outlook, if
> set up as such, open "News (a newsreader)" and then it will open Windows
> mail (or OE in previous OSes) to use a newsreader. But why do that when
> one can just simply open WM?



You misread. If you use the /outnews switch on the Windows Mail shortcut,
the program opens with the email stuff disabled and the program is named
Outlook Newsreader in the titlebar.

ss.

Right .. except that MS Office Outlook has normally used Outlook Express as
its newsreader. It would launch OE with the /outnews swtich:

msimn.exe /outnews

making it the MS Office Outlook newsread (so to speak).

But you can do similarly in such a way as to make Outlook Express act like a
stand-alone newsreader (no email inbox etc.), thusly:

msimn.exe /newsonly

Now, with Windows Mail, the same swtiches work. Only the executable is:

WinMail.exe

so, one could create a short cut such as the following:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe /newsonly"

and have Windows Mail run as a news reader only. You could name the shortcut
"Windows News" or somesuch.

--

Saucy Lemon
(For email, remove the caps in address)



"Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uX4NTjEUHHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Windows Mail does support the /newsonly and the /outnews swtiches, so you
>> can operate it as a stand-alone newsreader-only program [or as MS
>> Office's Outlook's newsreader program] instead of as an email program.
>
> Outlook (in any release year) doesn't function as a newsreader, nor does
> it have a newsreading program, never has. You can only have Outlook, if
> set up as such, open "News (a newsreader)" and then it will open Windows
> mail (or OE in previous OSes) to use a newsreader. But why do that when
> one can just simply open WM?

This is a great tip. Thanks for posting it.!

"Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Right .. except that MS Office Outlook has normally used Outlook Express
> as its newsreader. It would launch OE with the /outnews swtich:
>
> msimn.exe /outnews
>
> making it the MS Office Outlook newsread (so to speak).
>
> But you can do similarly in such a way as to make Outlook Express act like
> a stand-alone newsreader (no email inbox etc.), thusly:
>
> msimn.exe /newsonly
>
> Now, with Windows Mail, the same swtiches work. Only the executable is:
>
> WinMail.exe
>
> so, one could create a short cut such as the following:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe /newsonly"
>
> and have Windows Mail run as a news reader only. You could name the
> shortcut "Windows News" or somesuch.
>
> --
>
> Saucy Lemon
> (For email, remove the caps in address)
>
>
>
> "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:6ZWdndTd2twGr07YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>>
>> "Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uX4NTjEUHHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Windows Mail does support the /newsonly and the /outnews swtiches, so
>>> you can operate it as a stand-alone newsreader-only program [or as MS
>>> Office's Outlook's newsreader program] instead of as an email program.
>>
>> Outlook (in any release year) doesn't function as a newsreader, nor does
>> it have a newsreading program, never has. You can only have Outlook, if
>> set up as such, open "News (a newsreader)" and then it will open Windows
>> mail (or OE in previous OSes) to use a newsreader. But why do that when
>> one can just simply open WM?
>

That is not what you said; you made it sound as if Outlook can be used as a
newsreader, which it certainly cannot, you specifically stated "or as MS
Office's Outlook's newsreader program", of which it doesn't exist in
Outlook. No
matter how you switch it, you open the Windows Mail executable, not Outlook.
If you open it through Outlook, it opens Winmail.exe no matter.

"Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Right .. except that MS Office Outlook has normally used Outlook Express
> as its newsreader. It would launch OE with the /outnews swtich:
>
> msimn.exe /outnews
>
> making it the MS Office Outlook newsread (so to speak).
>
> But you can do similarly in such a way as to make Outlook Express act like
> a stand-alone newsreader (no email inbox etc.), thusly:
>
> msimn.exe /newsonly
>
> Now, with Windows Mail, the same swtiches work. Only the executable is:
>
> WinMail.exe
>
> so, one could create a short cut such as the following:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WinMail.exe /newsonly"
>
> and have Windows Mail run as a news reader only. You could name the
> shortcut "Windows News" or somesuch.
>
> --
>
> Saucy Lemon
> (For email, remove the caps in address)
>
>
>
> "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:6ZWdndTd2twGr07YnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@insightbb.com...
>>
>> "Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uX4NTjEUHHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Windows Mail does support the /newsonly and the /outnews swtiches, so
>>> you can operate it as a stand-alone newsreader-only program [or as MS
>>> Office's Outlook's newsreader program] instead of as an email program.
>>
>> Outlook (in any release year) doesn't function as a newsreader, nor does
>> it have a newsreading program, never has. You can only have Outlook, if
>> set up as such, open "News (a newsreader)" and then it will open Windows
>> mail (or OE in previous OSes) to use a newsreader. But why do that when
>> one can just simply open WM?
>