connection questions.
 

I am trying to use outlook express as my newsreader. I have high-speed
online service that connects when I power up the computer. Everything works
fine. I can surf, read emails, etc. It's all ok. When I open outlook
express I get this box that wants my sign/password yet the isp already has
it because my connection works ok.

1. How to I get this box to go far, far away and never return?
2. What additional information do I need to supply to solve question 1?

Thanks,
Robert

connection questions.
 

From: "news.verizon.net"

| I am trying to use outlook express as my newsreader. I have high-speed
| online service that connects when I power up the computer. Everything works
| fine. I can surf, read emails, etc. It's all ok. When I open outlook
| express I get this box that wants my sign/password yet the isp already has
| it because my connection works ok.
|
| 1. How to I get this box to go far, far away and never return?
| 2. What additional information do I need to supply to solve question 1?
|
| Thanks,
| Robert
|


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connection questions.
 

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:59:29 GMT, news.verizon.net wrote:

I am trying to use outlook express as my newsreader. I have high-speed
online service that connects when I power up the computer. Everything works
fine. I can surf, read emails, etc. It's all ok. When I open outlook
express I get this box that wants my sign/password yet the isp already has
it because my connection works ok.

1. How to I get this box to go far, far away and never return?

Enter your user name and password.

2. What additional information do I need to supply to solve question 1?

Typically the same information as you give to the PPP authentication
server when you fire up the computer.

You say that you connect when you power up. That suggests, to me, that
you don't have a 24/7 Internet connection. By your NNTP posting IP
address, it looks like you are a Verizon DSL customer. DSL isn't,
strictly speaking, "always on". If you connect using a dumb bridge,
directly connected to your computer, and you are logging on when you
turn on your computer, then your computer is initiating a PPPoE session
with a connection manager. In that case, you have just established your
DSL connection to the Internet. That is different from a user connection
to a POP3, SMTP, or NNTP server. In order to access the NNTP server, you
must give the NNTP sever your login credentials. This is different from
logging into the Internet with a DSL connection manager.

One way to avoid this, having to log on with a connection manager every
time you turn on the computer, is to place a router between the dumb DSL
bridge (modem), and the computer. Set the router to do the DSL log in
(PPPoE authentication), then leave the router and modem both on 24/7.
Then you never have to log on when you start your computer. Or, if your
modem is one of the newer units shipped by Verizon, enable PPPoE on the
modem, then leave it on 24/7. I use AT&T Yahoo! HSI. I have a modem
which handles the PPPoE session, and leave it on 24/7. I also use a
router to share the Internet connection (my modem is not a router). I
leave the router on 24/7, as well. There is a LaserJet printer on the
router print server. So any computer can be turned off, without shutting
down my Internet access. And the computer never has to log on to the
Internet; that is already running, and the computer just finds it.
"Always on" Internet. Very nice. For the price of a 20 Watt light bulb
running 24/7.

Now, since you were light on details, I am making assumptions. Those may
be unwarranted assumptions, and you may have a different problem.
Sometimes MSOE forgets login information, and keeps throwing up a login
box when you go back to start another NNTP session. That is a different
problem. Stating your case more clearly makes it easier to figure out
which problem you are facing.

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connection questions.
 

"news.verizon.net" wrote in message
news:R_TMg.3945$Qb2.3752@trnddc08...
I am trying to use outlook express as my newsreader. I have high-speed
online service that connects when I power up the computer. Everything
works fine. I can surf, read emails, etc. It's all ok. When I open
outlook express I get this box that wants my sign/password yet the isp
already has it because my connection works ok.

1. How to I get this box to go far, far away and never return?
2. What additional information do I need to supply to solve question 1?

Thanks,
Robert


OE is asking for your email account password. Since I take it that you do
not use OE for email, just remove the mail account from OE and open OE with
the /newsonly switch:
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /newsonly

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http://www.fjsmjs.com