News (USENET) is a world-wide service similar to a bulletin board, with postings grouped together by interest groups called 'newsgroups'.
To set up your news account in Outlook Express or Netscape, follow the instructions on this page. | Creating a news account: Outlook Express and Netscape |
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| Outlook Express News setup |
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|  Start Outlook Express |
| Click on the 'Tools' menu and select 'Accounts' |
| Click on the 'Add' button on the right hand side and select 'News' |
| Next to 'Display Name' type your full name. |
| Click 'Next' |
| Enter the e-mail address you wish to use. Note: it is not recommended to put your ISP Doctor e-mail address in here. Spammers gather e-mail addresses from Usenet posts |
| Click 'Next' |
| In the 'NNTP Server' field type 'news.ispdr.net.au' |
| Click 'Next' |
| Click 'Finish |
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| Netscape News |
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| Start Netscape Mail and News |
| Click on the 'Edit' menu and select 'Mail and Newsgroups Settings' |
| Click on the 'Add' button and select 'News'. Click 'Next' |
| Type your full name in the name field. |
| In the e-mail address, fill out the e-mail address you wish to provide. As above, using your ISP Doctor address is not recommended. |
| Click Next |
| Click Next |
| Click Finish |
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| Netscape News is now ready to use. |
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