"Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message news:j657vh$kda$1...@digitalmars.com... > "%u" <y...@yo.com> wrote in message news:j656f0$hpm$1...@digitalmars.com... >> == Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a@a.a)'s article >>> "%u" <y...@yo.com> wrote in message >> news:j655f0$fm8$1...@digitalmars.com... >>> > Hello. >>> > >>> > I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but >> I >>> > have to click the http link. The http interface is kind of >>> > awkward. I'd like to try the newsgroup link. >>> > >>> > But, I don't know how to use it. How do I? Is there a client >> I >>> > can download and use for free that you recommend? I did a >> search >>> > and found a few usenet readers. Can I use that? I'd like to >> give >>> > it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the >> sites. >>> > >>> > Anyways, thanks! >>> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not >> that >>> webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac- >> alike >>> versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm >> told that >>> Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too. >> >> I guess I don't know how to setup my outlook client to use the news >> link? When I click the news link. Nothing happens. > > I don't have access to a Win7 machine ATM, but on both XP and Vista, you > can do: > > Tools -> Accounts. There will be a button for "Add". Click that and then > you can choose "News". And just fill in all the info. The (NNTP) server is > "news.digitalmars.com", and it doesn't take a login. > > Then you should see the news server in the big tree on the left side of > the main window. You can choose which groups to subscribe to > (digitalmars.D, digitalmars.D.learn, etc.). When you're subscribes to one, > you can go to it and click the "Headers" button to check for messages (at > least that's what it is in on XP). Downloading the headers might take > awhile the first time. >
And you'll want to remember to reply with "Reply Group", not "Reply". If you do the plain "Reply" it'll just send an email to that person, not to the newsgroup. I still hit the wrong button now and then.