Vista - Newsgroups

I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a very
basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a posting
from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is a
Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?

Kevin Gal wrote:

> I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is
> a very basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply
> to a posting from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group
> reply)? And what is a Newsgroup account and should I be using this to
> reply?


Using the web interface to read these newsgroups iss the slowest, clunkiest,
most error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a
newsreader, such as Windows Mail, which comes with Windows Vista. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm Although that
talks about Outllok Express, it's essentially the same in Windows mail.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

"Kevin Gal" <KevinGal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:975359E9-287D-4EFF-9C84-1536AAFB4E83@microsoft.com...
>I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a
>very
> basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a posting
> from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is a
> Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?

You do not need a POP3 email address to use news. You should always Reply
to Group. Using just Plain Reply replies to the sender and you will find
that many, many posters use false addresses, which is a good idea if you
don't like spam. A useful fake email address would be KevinGal@fake.invalid
..

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Frank, where do you write the "false address" (i,e., where do you set it, or
in which dialog box do you write it, so the false address appears?)


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:4E958FD5-7D49-4627-8979-DE73A0776857@microsoft.com...
> "Kevin Gal" <KevinGal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:975359E9-287D-4EFF-9C84-1536AAFB4E83@microsoft.com...
>>I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a
>>very
>> basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a
>> posting
>> from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is
>> a
>> Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?
>
> You do not need a POP3 email address to use news. You should always Reply
> to Group. Using just Plain Reply replies to the sender and you will find
> that many, many posters use false addresses, which is a good idea if you
> don't like spam. A useful fake email address would be
> KevinGal@fake.invalid .
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>

If you're using the Microsoft Communities. Tools | Accounts select the
account and click Properties. Put it in the Enail field.

If you're setting up a different server it should ask you as you set it up,
but it goes in the same place.

"Octavio" <octavioven@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uxv5camXHHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Frank, where do you write the "false address" (i,e., where do you set it,
> or in which dialog box do you write it, so the false address appears?)
>
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:4E958FD5-7D49-4627-8979-DE73A0776857@microsoft.com...
>> "Kevin Gal" <KevinGal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:975359E9-287D-4EFF-9C84-1536AAFB4E83@microsoft.com...
>>>I have never really used the discussion groups outside of IE, this is a
>>>very
>>> basic question do I have to have a pop email address to reply to a
>>> posting
>>> from Windows Mail, who do I reply to (reply of group reply)? And what is
>>> a
>>> Newsgroup account and should I be using this to reply?
>>
>> You do not need a POP3 email address to use news. You should always
>> Reply to Group. Using just Plain Reply replies to the sender and you
>> will find that many, many posters use false addresses, which is a good
>> idea if you don't like spam. A useful fake email address would be
>> KevinGal@fake.invalid .