| This page describes how to set up Microsoft
Outlook Express to access the ProMatrix Newsgroups. The instructions are based on
Microsoft Outlook Express because Outlook Express is the newsgroup software used by most
ProMatrix users. Setting up other newsgroup software to access the ProMatrix Newsgroups
should involve the same basic steps. Outlook Express is available for free from Microsoft
or the Microsoft Web. |
| American Online (AOL):
If you use AOL, follow the steps below to set up Outlook Express. Then, follow the steps
in the ProMatrix
Corporation - Visual FoxPro section below to access the ProMatrix
Newsgroups after you have OE set up. |
| The steps you should follow to access the ProMatrix
Newsgroups will differ somewhat depending upon whether you have been assigned a
ProMatrix Partner
User Name and Password for ProMatrix Partner Newsgroup access. If you are eligible for
ProMatrix Partner Support, you should have a ProMatrix Partner User Name and Password that will
give you access to the ProMatrix Partner Newsgroups.
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To Set Up MS Outlook Express to
Access the ProMatrix Newsgroups
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| The following steps assume that you have an Internet account and
an email address.
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- Connect to the Internet. (AOL Users: Connect to AOL.) Start OE.
- On the OE Tools menu select the Accounts... option. OE displays the
Internet Accounts dialog. Click the News tab.
- The News page displays your current News Accounts (a.k.a., news
servers), if any. Click the Add button. Click News... on the popup
menu. OE displays the Internet Connection Wizard.
- In the Display name: box enter the name you would like to display
when you post a newsgroup message. Click Next.
- In the E-mail address: box enter your email address. Click Next.
- In the News (NNTP) server: box enter "news.promatrix.com" without
the quotes.
- If you have a ProMatrix Partner User Name and Password, click the
"My news server requires me to log on" checkbox.
- Click Next. If you have a ProMatrix Partner User Name and Password,
go to step 9. Otherwise, go to step 10.
- If you clicked the "My news server requires me to log on" checkbox,
OE displays the Internet News Server Logon page. In the News account
name: box enter the ProMatrix Partner User Name assigned to you. In the
Passwords: box enter the ProMatrix Partner Password assigned to you. Click
Next.
- AOL Users: If you use AOL to access the Internet, select the
"Connect using my local area network (LAN)" option on the "Choose
Connection Type" page of the Connection Wizard.
- Complete the remaining pages of the Internet Connection Wizard.
Click Finish.
- Click Close to close the Internet Accounts dialog.
- OE displays the message "Would you like to download newsgroups from
the news server you added?" Click Yes. OE will connect to the
ProMatrix news server and retrieve a list of newsgroups.
- Double-click the newsgroups to subscribe to them. Click the Go to
button on the Newsgroups dialog. You are now subscribed to the
ProMatrix Newsgroups and the message headers on those Newsgroups
will be downloaded when you select them in the left frame of Outlook
Express.
- If you are new to Outlook Express, open OE Help to familiarize
yourself with OE's capabilities.
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| If you use AOL to connect to the Internet, you must connect to
AOL and then run Outlook Express to access the ProMatrix Newsgroups.
Be sure that you have the "Connect using my local area network
(LAN)" option selected on the Connection page of the
news.promatrix.com account's Properties dialog in OE. |
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