Outlook and Newgroups
 

I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I tried
to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem. The help
screen told me to do the following:
1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that
you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then
SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing the
mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a list of
commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and then release
the mouse.
In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what to do
now!

Thanks.

Outlook and Newgroups
 

"Sam Bench" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I tried
to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem. The help
screen told me to do the following:
1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that
you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then
SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing the
mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a list of
commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and then release
the mouse.
In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what to
do now!

Thanks.

Hi Sam

As far as I know you can only use outlook express for news groups

Steve

Outlook and Newgroups
 

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:12:09 -0400, "steve" 123@whonows wrote:


"Sam Bench" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I tried
to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem.


As far as I know you can only use outlook express for news groups


There are *many* programs you can use for Newsgroups. Outlook Express
is one of them. Outlook, as you point out, is not.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Sam Bench asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I
| tried to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem.
| The help screen told me to do the following:
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options
| that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT
| and then SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing
| the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a
| list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and
| then release the mouse.
| In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what
| to do now!
|
| Thanks.

Outlook and Newgroups
 

On Jun 9, 9:19 pm, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote:
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sam Bench asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I
| tried to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem.
| The help screen told me to do the following:
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options
| that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT
| and then SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing
| the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a
| list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and
| then release the mouse.
| In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what
| to do now!
|
| Thanks.

why outlook 2003 is not for newsgroups??
v--------------
http://www.myonlinedream.net

Outlook and Newgroups
 

Outlook has never been and never will be a news reader. For reasons, search
the group. The topic has been beaten to death.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Elakbar" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Jun 9, 9:19 pm, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote:
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control
Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express.
If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you
launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot
your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting
success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails,
you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sam Bench asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I
| tried to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem.
| The help screen told me to do the following:
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options
| that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT
| and then SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing
| the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a
| list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and
| then release the mouse.
| In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what
| to do now!
|
| Thanks.

why outlook 2003 is not for newsgroups??
v--------------
http://www.myonlinedream.net

Outlook and Newgroups
 

Kind of interesting, Milly.

I did what you suggested and sure enough News suddenly appeared as an
option. I moved it to the Go button and it appeared in the Go menu. I
thought I was home free. I clicked News in the Go menu and sure enough the
news viewer opened. Once!! After a single use it disappeared again.

You would think that the richest man in the world would produce software
that wasn't this buggy. I would be embarrassed if any software I wrote had
a flaw like this. I guess I will have to use something other than Outlook
as my news viewer.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
...
To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sam Bench asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I
| tried to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem.
| The help screen told me to do the following:
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options
| that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT
| and then SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing
| the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a
| list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and
| then release the mouse.
| In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what
| to do now!
|
| Thanks.

Outlook and Newgroups
 

You are using Outlook Express called from Outlook to read news. As for Mr. Gates, I doubt he has programmed anything since Altair Basic. He is a businessman, not a programmer.

As to your problem, did you make the default programs as instructed in the Internet Options of IE?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sam Bench asked:

| Kind of interesting, Milly.
|
| I did what you suggested and sure enough News suddenly appeared as an
| option. I moved it to the Go button and it appeared in the Go menu.
| I thought I was home free. I clicked News in the Go menu and sure
| enough the news viewer opened. Once!! After a single use it
| disappeared again.
|
| You would think that the richest man in the world would produce
| software that wasn't this buggy. I would be embarrassed if any
| software I wrote had a flaw like this. I guess I will have to use
| something other than Outlook as my news viewer.
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| wrote in message
| ...
| To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control
| Panel | Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook
| Express. If OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the
| next time you launch it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box
| and then click the No button.
|
| You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or
| reboot your machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone
| is reporting success with this method, but try it and see what
| happens. If all else fails, you can always create a desktop shortcut
| to Outlook Express and include the /outnews switch -- that gives you
| the same result as accessing the newsreader via the News command in
| Outlook.
|
|
| --�
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, Sam Bench asked:
|
|| I am using Outlook 2003. It works great for email. However, when I
|| tried to set it up for newsgroups I encountered a strange problem.
|| The help screen told me to do the following:
|| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options
|| that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT
|| and then SHIFT+F10.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
|| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
|| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
|| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
|| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing
|| the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a
|| list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and
|| then release the mouse.
|| In the Commands list the News option is not there!! Anyone know what
|| to do now!
||
|| Thanks.

Outlook and Newgroups
 

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:10:48 -0400, "Sam Bench"
wrote:


I did what you suggested and sure enough News suddenly appeared as an
option. I moved it to the Go button and it appeared in the Go menu. I
thought I was home free. I clicked News in the Go menu and sure enough the
news viewer opened. Once!! After a single use it disappeared again.

You would think that the richest man in the world would produce software
that wasn't this buggy. I would be embarrassed if any software I wrote had
a flaw like this. I guess I will have to use something other than Outlook
as my news viewer.


What program you use to read newsgroups is of course up to you, but
the lack of a news button in Outlook seems like a very silly way to
make the choice.

If you choose Agent as your newsreader, for example, instead of
Outlook Express (which is what the Outlook News button gives you), you
*still* won't have the news button.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Outlook and Newgroups
 

Ken,

I recently started to use Outlook at home. I have used it for years at
work. I am used to Outlook Express at home. It has the news and email
integrated so that I have both readily at hand. I was hoping to configure
Outlook in a similar way so that I don't have to open another program when I
want to look at newsgroups.

Thanks for your input.


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:10:48 -0400, "Sam Bench"
wrote:


I did what you suggested and sure enough News suddenly appeared as an
option. I moved it to the Go button and it appeared in the Go menu. I
thought I was home free. I clicked News in the Go menu and sure enough
the
news viewer opened. Once!! After a single use it disappeared again.

You would think that the richest man in the world would produce software
that wasn't this buggy. I would be embarrassed if any software I wrote
had
a flaw like this. I guess I will have to use something other than Outlook
as my news viewer.


What program you use to read newsgroups is of course up to you, but
the lack of a news button in Outlook seems like a very silly way to
make the choice.

If you choose Agent as your newsreader, for example, instead of
Outlook Express (which is what the Outlook News button gives you), you
*still* won't have the news button.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup