You can probably find a good tutorial on the internet.

Newsgroups can be a good source of information, but they do have their
limitations. For one, they're not a good place to get a tutorial.

Outlook Express only displays a set number of posts at a time. (You can
select the amount from Tools Options Read tab). If it were to try to
display all the thousands of posts on your ISP's news server, it might take
a real long time to download. If you want to see more posts, go to Tools
Get next X headers.

Bravo to you for wanting to learn how newsgroups work and how to use them
wisely.

--
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

"CharlieGrimes" wrote in message
...
I've just started using newsgroups. I could really use a tutorial. Does
one
exist? I'd like to get the most out of the help they offer.

OE6 seems to indicate in the Folder pane (by means of a value in
parentheses) that the newsgroup contains several thousand messages.
However,
in the preview pane I only see a few hundred items (are these what are
referred to as headers?). Why don't I see the several thousand? I don't
know
if the messages displayed are downloaded or not (and what does it mean if
they are?)

I haven't been able to find Help to explain what to expect if I click
"Headers" on the toolbar.

Is it possible (is it even practical or recommended) to display
information
about all messages in the preview pane? Or is the best use of a newsgroup
to
use "Find" and enter a search argument?
Thanks, Charlie