Re: about the newsgroup

[Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst(at)noaa.gov>]

Julia wrote:
> 
> hi, there,
> 
> How can I add this newsgroups in the Netscape Newsgroup? If I use the
> default 'news' message server, it can not find 'comp.lang.idl-pvwave'.
> Then how can set an available message server?

In netscape under 

  Edit->Preferences->Mail & Newsgroups->Newsgroup Servers

use the "add" button to add the name of a newsgroup server (e.g. news.myuniversity.edu or
variants thereof) to which you have access. I don't think the default one is "real" so it
probably won't work out of the box.

paulv

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