Starting Newsgroups and connecting to a news server
When you start Newsgroups, you can connect to a news server. You can set Newsgroups to automatically connect to a news server when you start the application. You can also disconnect from a news server.
To start Newsgroups
Click Application Starter, Applications, Network, Newsgroups.
To connect to a news server
1 Follow the step from the previous procedure.
2 Click the Connect To Server button.
To set the news server to connect on startup
1 Follow the step from the "To start Newsgroups" procedure.
2 Click Options, NNTP Options.
3 Enable the Connect On Startup check box.
To disconnect from a news server
Click the Disconnect From Server button in the Newsgroups Group List Window.
Notes
Typing a news server in the NNTP Server box adds it to a list of news servers. You can connect to a different server by adding a different server address to this list, or by choosing a server from the list.
You must specify a news server in the NNTP Configuration window. For information about specifying a new server, see "Setting connection preferences."