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- Xnews - a free 32 bit newsreader for Win9x/NT
-
- (C)opyright 1998-99 by Luu Tran.
- http://xnews.3dnews.net
-
- See manual.html for complete documenation.
-
- Installation Guide:
-
- There's no install program. Just unzip to some directory then run
- Xnews.exe. If you are upgrading, just unzip and overwrite
- everything.
-
- The first time you run Xnews, it will bring up the Setup dialog.
- Enter your name, etc. I'll only describe the unfamiliar items
- here.
-
-
- Public Email
-
- This is the email you want to put in your From: header when
- posting to usenet. In contrast. Email is the email you want to to
- use when replying via private email.
- Why use separate emails for usenet and mail? I do it to help deal
- with spam.
-
- IDToken
-
- This is a string Xnews embeds in Message-ID in order to track
- your posts and alert you to replies to your articles. You can use
- any string of letters and numbers. I use my email without the @
- and . luutrangeocitiescom. The idea is to use a string that noone
- else is likely to use.
-
- Once you've done that, click Okay. Xnews will ask you to create a
- server profile. (The program can deal with multiple servers.)
- Enter the server name, e.g., news.mindspring.com. Then enter an
- alias or title for the server, e.g., Mindspring. The alias is
- what will appear on the menu.
-
- That's it. You should now say yes when it asks if you want to
- retrieve the newsgroup list. Kick back and enjoy.
-