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Grex Internet Item 98: Access to newsgroups using netscape on the internet
Entered by ketherin on Wed Sep 20 13:19:48 UTC 1995:

Hello,i am a new user to Grex and would like some help!!!!
When i'm using netscape on the internet i can't use any newsgroups
is this because my company has stopped us using them????
Or can i get them via Grex or any other method,Please forgive my
limited knowledge of computer usage,therefore please give very
basic instructions for any replies....Thanks for your help

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by srw on Thu Sep 21 05:07:01 1995:

I can only answer part of your question.

Certainly as of today, Grex cannot help you with news, because we don't
have it either. 

I cannot say what your company is doing. It may be supporting news just fine,
but your browser may not know how to find it. This is a matter of configuring
your browser (Netscape Navigator) to know which machine to get news from.

I am familiar with Netscape Navigator 1.1N for the Mac. 
You must go to the Options menu, select "preferences" and in the dialog
select "mail and News:" in the popup menu.  then you have the oppportunity
to cpecify the nntp server. Your ISP or Company should provide you with the
hostname of the machine that has news on it. This is your nntp server.
If you put that into your Netscape Navigator preferences, it should work.

It should be somewhat similar on a PC, I would hope.

#2 of 6 by scg on Thu Sep 21 05:42:33 1995:

If I'm remembering right, that's exactly the same procedure as is used in
both the 16 and 32 bit versions of Netscape for Windows (the 16 bit version
is for Windows 3.1, while the 32 bit version is for Windows 95 and Windows
NT), as well as the X Windows version.  Netscape is amazingly standardized
across different platforms.

#3 of 6 by ketherin on Fri Sep 22 08:39:20 1995:

Thanks to both Steve's your reply's sorted out my problem.

#4 of 6 by remmers on Sat Sep 23 13:30:12 1995:

Yep, works exactly the same on all versions of Netscape.

The Netscape newsreader has somewhat limited functionality--no kill
files, as far as I know--but is okay for casual use, which is how
I use it. For serious newsing, I prefer tin on the main Unix box
at work.

#5 of 6 by albaugh on Thu Apr 24 17:19:29 1997:

You could also try "http://www.dejanews.com/" for a web-page-based 
method of searching/reading usenet newsgroups.

#6 of 6 by bmoran on Wed Jul 16 13:44:17 1997:

Dejanews is avail. here on grex. Use lynx! From the main page, choose
internet, choose hot picks, and dejanews is one of the options. Read and
post away.

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