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If you have a particular interest or problem, newsgroups give you access to information from literally thousands of like-minded individuals. A newsgroup is basically a publicly hosted forum, in which the designated subject is open for discussion to anyone with an interest. Freeola's news servers offer access to all the thousands of newsgroups available for discussion. Where you go and what you talk about is up to you!

To look through newgroups you need to use either Netscape Communicator, Outlook Express or any of the specialist news reader programs. We've covered the first two programs here to get you started.

Using Outlook Express As Your Newsreader

1. Go to the 'Tools' menu in your Outlook Express window.

2. Click on 'Accounts'

3. Go to 'Add' and click on 'News...' in the sub-menu.

4. Decide what name you would like displayed for your comments in news groups and an e-mail address you would like replies sent to. Enter these in the relevant boxes and then click 'Next' to continue.

5. Type 'news.freeola.net' into the 'News (NNTP) server' field and click 'Next'. You do not need a password to use Freeola's news servers. Please note, you must be connected to the Internet via your Freeola Connection. If you attempt to connect to the News server via another provider you will receive an error message.

6. Follow the on-screen prompts and click 'Yes' when asked if you want to download the news groups. This will take approximately 10 minutes depending on the speed of your connection.

7. Once the newsgroups have downloaded you should be able to find your way around from here.


Using Netscape As Your Newsreader

1. Go to the 'Edit' menu and click on 'Preferences'.

2. In the subject listing in the left-hand window find the 'Mail & Newsgroup' heading.

3. Click on 'News Server'.

4. Click 'Add' and enter 'news.freeola.net' in the 'Host' field. Click 'OK'.

5. You can now manage any aspect of your newsgroups by double clicking on the 'news.freeola.net' icon that is now in your Netscape Messenger window.