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Look for the news reader that you currently are using or the one that you intend to download and use, follow the instructions that
come with the news reader. Especially if you are installing a new news reader, you will usually be asked for certain
information during the installation. Such as the new news server address that you got on our server addresses page.
Your email SMTP server, best choice is to use a fake address, use smtp.AOL.com. Your email address, again best to use a fake
one. Your download directory, set up a special folder on your hard drive and download all images there first. That way
nothing ever gets lost on your hard drive. Later on move them using a program like Away32deluxe which allows you to
wipe the place a file is being moved from after it moves it to a new location, as well as encrypt the file with strong encryption
if you want it hidden from prying eyes. Then if you have any questions about setting it up or configuring your news reader
please look on this page for your news reader and follow closely the instructions below it to setup your reader.

We do not make any money from any of these companies, we do not support their products although we will help if
we can. You are on your own normally and I've rarely seen one that a newbie couldn't' install if they actually read the
setup instructions that come with the program. Guess how many times I've had someone write me that they couldn't
figure out how to install a news reader and were stumped that I've simply gone into the help program for that reader,
copied the pertinent section and pasted it into the return email and sent it to a member only to have them write me
back and say "Thanks, your last email cleared it up for me!". Yes, at least 3 out of 5 times so don't be afraid to
read the help files with the news reader.

Outlook Express
New Installation
Outlook Express (Internet Explorer 4.x first configuration)
Comes free with Internet Explorer 4.x. Handles multiple email and news servers. More
information available at Microsoft Corporation

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. In the command bar click on "tools" then in the drop box click on "accounts" then in the pop box click on the "new" button, then click on the word "news". A set up wizard will begin asking you questions to set up your program to access newsgroups.
3. Configure your User profile.
4. Follow the instructions provided by the Internet Connection Wizard.
5. In the window in which you have to enter the news server address.
6. Check the button "My news server requires me to log on".
7. Click Next (the Internet news server Logon window appears).
8. Enter your "Account Name" and "Password". Click Next
9. Select the appropriate connection to the Internet. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Before closing a window prompt if you want to see a list of available Newsgroups
      now. Click Yes if you want to do it now. Then follow the instructions in step 13 below.
     Click No if you want to do it later. To get the list next time follow the steps below.
12. Next, get the newsgroups by selecting "Newsgroups" from the "Tools" menu (or from
   the tool bar click on the "News Groups" icon.) Retrieving the newsgroups the first
   time it could take few minutes. To update the list of News Groups available click the
   "Reset List" button on the right hand side.
13. To subscribe to your desired newsgroups select desired group and click the
    "Subscribe" button.
14. To Show only the subscribed groups click on the "Subscribed" tab located below the
    newsgroups list.
15. When you have finished subscribing to the newsgroups click "OK".
16. To actually read the subscribed newsgroups select "News" from the "Go" menu (or
    click on the "News Groups" icon to see a list of available News Groups) The list of
    the News Groups that you have subscribed will then appear. Select one of the news
   groups to which you$ double click, and you will begin retrieving the headers. Click
   on an article header to view the article.

Outlook Express
How to add a new server if you already have your home ISP's server set up on it.

1.   Open Outlook Express.
2.   Select Accounts from under the Tools menu.
3.   A dialog box will open up. Click on the Add button and select News.
4.   Fill in the server name (your choice)
5.   Fill in you return email address.
6.   Fill in the server address.
7.  Check the box that 'My news server requires me to log on'
8.  Select Log on using and fill in your account name and password.
9.  Enter a friendly news account name. Can be any name you want.
10. Select how you connect to the Internet.
11. Click Finish.
12. Before closing a window prompt if you want to see a list of available Newsgroups
      now. Click Yes if you want to do it now. Then follow the instructions in step 13 below.
     Click No if you want to do it later. To get the list next time follow the steps below.
13. Next, get the newsgroups by selecting "Newsgroups" from the "Tools" menu (or from
    the tool bar click on the "News Groups" icon.) Retrieving the newsgroups the first
    time it could take few minutes. To update the list of News Groups available click the
    "Reset List" button on the right hand side.
14. To subscribe to your desired newsgroups select desired group and click the
      "Subscribe" button.
15. To Show only the subscribed groups click on the "Subscribed" tab located below the
      newsgroups list.
16. When you have finished subscribing to the newsgroups click "OK".
17. To actually read the subscribed newsgroups select "News" from the "Go" menu (or
    click on the "News Groups" icon to see a list of available News Groups) The list of
    the News Groups that you have subscribed will then appear. Select one of the news
    groups to which you$ double click, and you will begin retrieving the headers. Click
    on an article header to view the article.

Internet News
Comes free with Windows 95. More information available at Microsoft Corporation

1. Open up Internet News.
2. From the main menu select News and a dialog window opens up.
3. Click on the Server tab.
4. Click on the Add button and another window opens up.
5. Click on the General tab.
6. Type in the news server address.
7. Click on the checkbox - 'This server requires me to login'.
8. Click on Logon Using.
9. Fill in your login name and password.
10. If this is to be your default server then click on Set as Default.
11. Click on the Connection tab.
12. Select how you connect to the Internet.
13. Click on the Advanced tab.
14. Enter 119 into the News Port Number.
15. Later if you experience timeout you can come back to adjust the Server Timeout
       settings.
16. Click on Apply.
17. Click on OK.
18. If you are prompted to subscribe to the newsgroups on the news server then select
      Yes. It should connect and begin to retrieve a group list which can take a little while.
19. After the newsgroups are retrieved you will be prompted to decide which groups you
     wish to subscribe.
20. After subscribing to the groups you can use the pulldown to select which group you
      wish to view.


Agent (registered version)
Commercial product with many advanced features including integrated email and news folders,
kill filters, and lots of third party add-ons. More information available at Forte, Inc.

1. Open up Agent.
2. Select User and System Profile under the Options menu.
3. Click on the User tab. Fill in email information. Select Login With a Username and
    Password. Fill in your news account login and password. Make sure the checkbox is
    checked to Remember Password Between Sessions.
4. Click on the System tab. Fill in the news server address.   Also fill in your email server information.
5. Click on the OK button and you are all set to go.
6. Select Refresh Groups List under the Online menu. Select Delete All Extinct Groups.
   Click OK to retrieve a complete list of all of our newsgroups.
7. Subscribe to the newsgroups by highlighting a group and then select Subscribe List
    under the Group menu
8. Use Show Groups and Folders under the Group menu to display the subscribed news
    groups.
9. Select Get New Headers In Subscribed Groups under the Online menu to retrieve
article headers.


Free Agent (freeware version)
Freeware product with a subset of the many advanced features offered in the commercial
version of Agent. More information available at Forte, Inc.

1. Open up Free Agent.
2. Select General Preferences under the Options menu.
3. Click on the User tab. Fill in email information. Select Login With a Username and
    Password. Select Server Requires Login and fill in your news account login and
    password. Make sure the checkbox is checked to Remember Password Between
    Sessions.
4. Click on the System tab. Fill in the news server address.  Also fill in your email server information.
5. Click on the OK button and you are all set to go.
6. Select Refresh Groups List under the Online menu. Select Delete All Extinct Groups.
   Click OK to retrieve a complete list of all of our newsgroups.
7. Subscribe to the newsgroups by highlighting a group and then select Subscribe List
   under the Group menu
8. Use Show under the Group menu to display the subscribed news groups.
9. Select Get New Headers In Subscribed Groups under the Online menu to retrieve
    article headers.


Collabra (Netscape 4.x)
Comes free with Netscape 4.x.More information available at Netscape Communications
Corporation

FOR A GRAPHICAL INSTRUCTION PAGE AND MORE DETAIL ON USING
NETSCAPE COLLABRA NEWS READER CLICK HERE.

1. Open up Netscape Collabra. You can either launch Collabra directly or launch
    Netscape 4.x. If you choose to launch Netscape 4.x you can open Collabra by
    selecting the Collabra Discussion Group from the Communicator menu.
2. From the Edit menu select Preferences.
3. Click on the Group Servers.
4. Enter the news server address. Be sure port 119 is specified. Secure should be
    unchecked and Always Use Name and Password should be checked.
5. Click the Choose button to specify where your news group folders will be stored.
6. Decide whether you want to be prompted if more than 500 (or whatever you specify)
    messages are downloaded.
7. Then click OK and a new discussion group entry is created.
8. Right mouse click on the group and select Subscribe to Discussion groups. A window
    pops up and prompts you for a login and password.
9. After entering your login and password correctly you will begin to receive the
    newsgroups. This may take a while so be patient.
10. Afterwards you then subscribe to whatever your groups you want.

News Xpress
Freeware product with many advanced features including online graphic viewing during
download. News Xpress can be located at Tucows. More information available at News Xpress

1. Open up News Xpress.
2. Select Options from the File menu.
3. Click on the Servers Directory tab. Fill in the news server address.  Also fill in your email server information.
4. Select the News Server Authorization and fill in your news login and password. When
    completed click OK.
5. To retrieve a listing of the newsgroups click on All tab located at the bottom of the
    screen. Select Update Groups Info from the Group menu to retrieve our newsgroups
    list.
6. After reviewing all the available news groups you can subscribe to the groups by
    clicking on the bullets or highlighting the newsgroup then selecting Subscribe from
   the Group menu. When you have completed subscribing to the desired newsgroups
   you can click on the Subscribed tab to review your selections.
7. To retrieve headers highlight the desired newsgroup and select All Articles from the
   View menu.


YA News Watcher
Freeware product Macintosh users. More information available at Tucows

1. Open up News Watcher.
2. Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
3. Select Servers Addresses from the pulldown menu. Fill in the news server address.
    Also fill in your email server
   information.
4. Select Authentication from the pulldown menu. Fill in your news login and password.
   Make sure Always Authenticate is checked to remember your login and password
   between sessions. When completed click OK.
5. Exit YA Newswatcher and open it up again.
6. To subscribe to the newsgroups select the desired newsgroup and then select
    Subscribe from the Special menu or you can drag-and-drop the selected newsgroup
    to the Titled Group window.
7. To retrieve the newsgroup headers double click on the newsgroup.


NN or Tin (Unix)

1. Using Unix news readers requires you to set the NNTP SERVER variable.
2. You will need to add an environment variable command to your .profile and/or .login
   file.

   C, TCSH Shell: setting NNTP SERVER "selected servers address "
   BORN, KORN Shell: NNTPSERVER=" selected servers address "; export NNTPSERVER
3. To open tin you need to type tin -r.


News Rover
Shareware product with flexible search features and thumbnail previews. More information
available at S&H Computer Systems

1. Open up News Rover.
2. Open the configuration window by selecting the Configure menu.
3. Click the Server tab.
4. Click Add Server.
5. Fill in the news server address.
6. Select Logon authorization required. Fill in your news login and password. Select the
    method of how you will connect to the Internet.
7. Click the E-Mail tab. Fill in your email server information.
8. To retrieve the list of newsgroups select the Get-Newsgroups menu.
9. Click on New Interest Group to begin subscribing to the newsgroups.
10. Click on New Interest Group.
11. To retrieve the newsgroup headers click on Run located in the News Rover window.
12. Select Messages from the View menu to examine the articles.


WinVN
Freeware product with basic features including multiple server support. More information
available at Tucows FAQ available at WinVN Hompage

1. Open up WinVN.
2. Select Communications from the Configure menu. If it is a first install then the
    Communications Options will open automatically.
3. Fill in the news server address information.
4. Fill in the Authorization Information. Be sure check Save Password.
5. Fill in the SMTP Server information. Preferably use fake info. Use SMTP protocol.
6. Fill in your appropriate time zone.
7. Click OK.
8. Select Connect to Server from the Network menu. If it is a first install then you will
    automatically attempt to connect to the news server.
9. Click Yes when prompted to retrieve the latest group list from the server. If it is a first
    install then you will automatically attempt to retrieve the list from the server.
10. Select the groups you want to subscribe.
11. Select Subscribe Selected Groups from the Group menu.
12. Double click on a group to open a new window to retrieve the list of articles.
13. Double click on an article to open a new window to retrieve the body of article.
14. To decode an article, select the articles parts by clicking on the individual article.
      Then select Decode Selected Articles from the Articles menu.


Stealthnews
Shareware product with thumbnails, image viewer, and file encryption. More info is available at
Stealthnews' web site.

1. Start Stealthnews.
2. Create a new project, and choose Standard Stealthnews Project.
3. You will be prompted if you want to add a new server. Choose "Yes".
4. For the server, type in your selected servers address..
5. Choose 199 (the default) for the port.
6. Enter your Username and Password, then click OK.
7. You will be asked if you want to download the groups for your server. Click Yes.
8. Once the newsgroups are downloaded, you may select the groups you want from
    the treeview in the upper-left corner by double-clicking on them.
9. You may make the selecting process easier by filtering the newsgroups that are
     displayed. To do this, select "Filter Newsgroups" from the "View" menu.
10. Once you have chosen your groups, click the "Start Downloading" button (the green
     arrow) and the inbox will begin filling up with binary file attachments.

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