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goossent@worldaccess.nl (Ton) wrote:

>Could someone please help me?
>I'm having problems using the Microsoft Inter Explorer.
>I want to use it to read newsgroups, but for some reason MSI doesn't accept the adress of my news server.
>I have used the name of the server as well as it's IP adr. But MSI just responds with: ' Can't find news 
>server. news:*'

Go to Options-News and make sure "This server requires authorization"
is turned off.

Download Netscape 2.0 (32 bit).  The news reader is much better.

Ton wrote:
> 
> Could someone please help me?
> I'm having problems using the Microsoft Inter Explorer.
> I want to use it to read newsgroups, but for some reason MSI doesn't accept the adress of my news server.
> I have used the name of the server as well as it's IP adr. But MSI just responds with: ' Can't find news
> server. news:*'
> 
> Could someone please help me? I 've been trying all day now, and I'm getting fed up with Micro$oft support.
> 
> --
> Thanks
> 
> Ton


I have to agree with the other comment.  I got the Explorer news working 
I think.  However, it what I got is all they have to offer, its nothing.

Noral Stewart

garyshaw@iadfw.net (Gary Shaw) wrote:

>goossent@worldaccess.nl (Ton) wrote:

>>Could someone please help me?
>>I'm having problems using the Microsoft Inter Explorer.
>>I want to use it to read newsgroups, but for some reason MSI doesn't accept the adress of my news server.
>>I have used the name of the server as well as it's IP adr. But MSI just responds with: ' Can't find news 
>>server. news:*'

>Go to Options-News and make sure "This server requires authorization"
>is turned off.

Download Forte free Agent 1.0
It's better than  the Netscape newsreader and MUCH better than using
MSI via Microsoft explorer.(faster)
It's also an ideal "off line" newsreader, while Netscape is not.
You find Forte at http://www.forteinc.com/forte/
I myself use Forte as newsreader and Netscape as webbrowser and for
e-mail.
I also used Microsoft explorer as a browser, but you'll find out that
much more webpages are written for Netscape.
It's sometimes impossible to browse some pages with Microsoft
explorer, when you go to the same pages with Netscape, a whole new
world opens up.

Bruno Beckers
Brunob@glo.be

Brunob@glo.be (Bruno Beckers) wrote:


>Download Forte free Agent 1.0
>It's better than  the Netscape newsreader and MUCH better than using
>MSI via Microsoft explorer.(faster)
>It's also an ideal "off line" newsreader, while Netscape is not.
>You find Forte at http://www.forteinc.com/forte/
>I myself use Forte as newsreader and Netscape as webbrowser and for
>e-mail.

Has anyone been able to get Internet Explorer to launch another news
reader, (like free agent) when you click on the news icon in MSIE?
I've disabled the "use internet explorer to read newsgroups" button,
but get an error.  Even tried reinstalling Free Agent.  No luck.



Andy

http://www.westol.com/~ridger 
Gaming/Nascar/Kali/Win95 stuff.

On Sun, 03 Mar 1996 13:15:48 -0500, "Noral D. Stewart"
<noral@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>I have to agree with the other comment.  I got the Explorer news working 
>I think.  However, it what I got is all they have to offer, its nothing.

Microsoft Internet Explorer is not intended to be a full fledged news
reader.  It is a web browser.  The primary reason news is supported is
to take advantage of the links to news groups that appear on many
sites on the net and it does this very well.  This, in my opinion, is
Netscapes problem.  I was a dedicated user of Netscape up through 1.2N
but they lost me with 2.0 because I want a web browser not a suite.  I
think that Eudora and Agent are far better than Netscape 2.0's mail
and news features and can't stand the bloat of having them in there
(Netscape 2.0 is almost 3x the size of IE).  Why Netscape couldn't
have offered their news and email clients as seperate plug-ins is
beyond me.  Shure Netscape added some new tags with 2.0 but IE has
some new tags of it's own and although Netscapes are a little better
the are not superior enough to change my mind.  If you are looking for
a good news reader get Free Agent or News Xpress, reading news is not
a good reason to switch from IE to Netscape.  

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In article <313e56d7.2288779@nntp.westol.com>
ridger@oak.westol.com (Andy) wrote:

> Has anyone been able to get Internet Explorer to launch another news
> reader, (like free agent) when you click on the news icon in MSIE?
> I've disabled the "use internet explorer to read newsgroups" button,
> but get an error.  Even tried reinstalling Free Agent.  No luck.

Try my newsreader! It's available from http://www.ksedb.no/NTNews. It's able
to be launched from MS IE 2.0.

-- 
- Olav Tollefsen
- Microsoft Norway
- 
- Nothing I have written here is in any way, shape, or form official
- Microsoft policy or opinion, and should not be represented as such
- when quoted here or in any other forum.  

On 7 Mar 1996 19:07:16 GMT, olavt@ksedb.no (Olav Tollefsen) wrote:

>@In article <313e56d7.2288779@nntp.westol.com>
>@ridger@oak.westol.com (Andy) wrote:
>@
>@> Has anyone been able to get Internet Explorer to launch another news
>@> reader, (like free agent) when you click on the news icon in MSIE?
>@> I've disabled the "use internet explorer to read newsgroups" button,
>@> but get an error.  Even tried reinstalling Free Agent.  No luck.
>@
>@Try my newsreader! It's available from http://www.ksedb.no/NTNews. It's able
>@to be launched from MS IE 2.0.
>@
>@-- 
 Olav Tollefsen
	That is very interesting. How do you get it to do that if you have a
copy of both of those programs?

Victor Healey
...........................................................................
2 rules to success in life. 
#1. Don't tell people everything you know.
#2

In article <313c6905.35387881@news.vt.edu>, Nicholas Hanson
<nhanson@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> writes
>On Sun, 03 Mar 1996 13:15:48 -0500, "Noral D. Stewart"
><noral@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>I have to agree with the other comment.  I got the Explorer news working 
>>I think.  However, it what I got is all they have to offer, its nothing.
>
>Microsoft Internet Explorer is not intended to be a full fledged news
>reader.  It is a web browser.  The primary reason news is supported is
>to take advantage of the links to news groups that appear on many
>sites on the net and it does this very well.  This, in my opinion, is
>Netscapes problem.  I was a dedicated user of Netscape up through 1.2N
>but they lost me with 2.0 because I want a web browser not a suite.  I
>think that Eudora and Agent are far better than Netscape 2.0's mail
>and news features and can't stand the bloat of having them in there
>(Netscape 2.0 is almost 3x the size of IE).  Why Netscape couldn't
>have offered their news and email clients as seperate plug-ins is
>beyond me.  Shure Netscape added some new tags with 2.0 but IE has
>some new tags of it's own and although Netscapes are a little better
>the are not superior enough to change my mind.  If you are looking for
>a good news reader get Free Agent or News Xpress, reading news is not
>a good reason to switch from IE to Netscape.  

Couldnt agree more with this article I now rely on MS IE version 2 and
have also added the new 3d thingy .
I found that running two web browsers was very  heavy on space and I use
a seperate news reader and emailer - turnpike which beats all the others
for functions and is still ahead of agent99d.

The comment about getting superior connections to certain types of web
pages has not been noted by me but I think you need to run both and see
what happens .

I have never had any problems unless I am relying on my isp web cache
and that goes down

One thing that use to annoy me about netscape is having to download new
versions every so often and then finding that the directories on setup
would change 

I decided to go from version 2and so many betas to version 2gold and
ended up with two different versions of the same app well virtually the
same and a huge drain in resources 

At least with MSIE you get it free and it fits in with win95 neatly.-
IMHO
Regards
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
nigel@peel.demon.co.uk
The more the world changes,the more it stays the same
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

On Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:37:41 GMT, hmacklen@netcom.com (Hank Macklen) wrote:

>Well, I've been using Free Agent v1.0 with Internet Explorer 2.0 for a
>few days w/o trouble--even with reading Newsgroups from Explorer (but
>not at the same time as Agent).  But I don't launch it from Internet
>Explorer (IE) -- I just connect with IE, then minimize it and execute
>Free Agent.  I know this doesn't help much, but at least it's a point
>of reference:  you can do it.
>
>g.fortin@sympatico.ca (G.F.) wrote:
>
>>I believe this is possible with those News Readers specifically made
>>for Windows 95 or NT (they use the Win95 setup program).  But none of
>>them, as far as I know, will allow off-line reading.
>
> 
I'm not sure why you are having a problem using Free Agent as on Off-Line
Reader.  I agree that News Express cannot accomplish this; but Agent (which I
use) and Free Agent can.
>
>>Le (On) Thu, 07 Mar 1996 03:26:43 GMT, ridger@oak.westol.com (Andy)
>>�crivait (wrote) :
>
>>�Brunob@glo.be (Bruno Beckers) wrote:
>>�
>>�
>>�>Download Forte free Agent 1.0
>>�>It's better than  the Netscape newsreader and MUCH better than using
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>>�>It's also an ideal "off line" newsreader, while Netscape is not.
>>�>You find Forte at http://www.forteinc.com/forte/
>>�>I myself use Forte as newsreader and Netscape as webbrowser and for
>>�>e-mail.
>>�
>>�Has anyone been able to get Internet Explorer to launch another news
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>>�I've disabled the "use internet explorer to read newsgroups" button,
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>>�
>>�
>>�
>>�Andy
>>�
>>�http://www.westol.com/~ridger 
>>�Gaming/Nascar/Kali/Win95 stuff.
>
>>==================================
>>Ga�tan Fortin
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