Newsgroups  

 Newsgroups Help 

Newsgroups allows you to browse, post, and reply to messages on a newsgroup server.

Viewing messages

Newsgroups allows you to view a newsgroup's message topics with or without supplying a username and e-mail address. In order to post or reply to messages in a particular newsgroup, you must supply a username and e-mail address (see Creating a news account for more information). Newsgroups lists the existing servers and newsgroups to which you have subscribed. Each newsgroup listed is a hyperlink to the message list for the selected newsgroup. Clicking on a newsgroup presents a list of topics listed by subject, author, last post, and number of replies. Topics are sorted by the most recent replies. Clicking on a subject displays message text for the original message and a list of all messages within the thread. Follow these steps to view a message in a newsgroup.

  1. Select a newsgroup from the list.
  2. Click on a subject to display the messages within that thread.
  3. Click on a message to view its text at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Click Select a different newsgroup to return to the list of newsgroups.

Posting new messages

Newsgroups allows you to submit a new message to a newsgroup, once you have entered a Username and E-mail address.

  1. Click Post message at the top of the list of message topics.
  2. Type your new message subject in the Subject box.
  3. Type your new message content in the Message box.
  4. Click OK to submit your message. Click Cancel to return to the previous screen without submitting your new message.

Replying to messages

Newsgroups allows you to reply to specified newsgroup messages. Clicking Reply presents a reply Subject box, a reply Message content box, and an In response to box that displays the text of the original message. The Subject box displays the name of the original message topic, and the In response to box contains the source text of the original message. You can accept or modify the Subject name, and you can select text from the In response to box and paste it into your reply message. Newsgroups also gives you the option to have replies sent to your e-mail address.

  1. Select the message to which you want to reply. See the Viewing messages section for detailed instructions.
  2. Click Reply.
  3. If you want to change the reply subject name, make your changes in the Subject box.
  4. Type your reply message in the Message box.
  5. Select the Send replies to my e-mail address checkbox if you want replies to your message sent to your e-mail address.
  6. Click OK to submit your reply message. Click Cancel to return to the previous screen without submitting your new message.

Creating a news account

Newsgroups allows you to create a news account and subscribe to its available newsgroups. Newsgroups allows you to assign each newsgroup a reference title of your choice. Follow these steps to create a newsgroup subscription.

  1. Click Edit in the portlet title bar.
  2. Click Create news account.
  3. Type a Username and E-mail address.
  4. Click Next to continue. Click Previous or Cancel to return to the initial Edit - Newsgroups screen.
  5. Type the name of a News (NNTP) server. By default, Newsgroup would take an NNTP, and hence you need not specify the protocol name.
  6. Click Next to continue. Click Previous to return to the previous screen or Cancel to return to the initial Edit - Newsgroups screen.
  7. Designate the newsgroup with a name of your choice, and type the name.
  8. Click Finish to create the news account and return to the initial Edit - Newsgroups screen. Click Previous to return to the previous screen or Cancel to return to the initial Edit - Newsgroups screen.

Managing news accounts

Newsgroups provides an Edit - Newsgroups screen where you can manage your news accounts. You can modify existing configuration information for a specified server or delete the server from the list.

  1. Click Edit in the portlet title bar.
  2. Click Modify next to a news server to modify its setting
  3. Click Delete next to a news server to delete it from your list.
  4. Click OK to confirm your changes, or click Cancel to quit.

Managing newsgroup subscriptions

Newsgroups allows you to manage newsgroup subscriptions for a selected news server. Follow these steps to manage your newsgroup subscriptions.

  1. Click Edit in the portlet title bar.
  2. Click on the name of the news server to view the list of available newsgroups.
  3. Select the checkbox next to a newsgroup to subscribe to it.
  4. Remove the check to unsubscribe to a newsgroup.
  5. Click OK to add all the selected newsgroups to your subscription list and return to the initial Edit - Newsgroups screen. Click Cancel to return to the initial Edit - Newsgroups screen.

Newsgroups field descriptions

Username
Type your user id in the field provided.
E-mail address
Type your e-mail address in the field provided.
News (NNTP) server
Type the title of the news server in the field provided.
Account name
If required by the news server, type the account name for the newsgroup in the field provided.
Password
If required by the news server, type the password for the newsgroup in the field provided.
Subject
Type the subject of your new message in the field provided.
Message
Type your new message in the field provided.
Subject
To modify the subject name of your reply message, type a new subject name in the field provided.
Message
Type your reply message in the field provided.
Send replies to my e-mail address
Select this checkbox to have replies sent to your e-mail address.

Newsgroups icon descriptions

Modifyallows you to modify existing configuration information for the specified newsgroup.
Delete allows you to delete a news server from the list of subscribed newsgroups.