how do I use newsgroup server?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
news:j657vh$kda$1 at digitalmars.com...
> "%u" <yoyo at yo.com> wrote in message news:j656f0$hpm$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> == Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a at a.a)'s article
>>> "%u" <yoyo at yo.com> wrote in message
>> news:j655f0$fm8$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> > Hello.
>>> >
>>> > I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but
>> I
>>> > have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of
>>> > awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
>>> >
>>> > But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client
>> I
>>> > can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a
>> search
>>> > and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to
>> give
>>> > it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the
>> sites.
>>> >
>>> > Anyways, thanks!
>>> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not
>> that
>>> webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-
>> alike
>>> versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm
>> told that
>>> Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.
>>
>> I guess I don't know how to setup my outlook client to use the news
>> link?  When I click the news link.  Nothing happens.
>
> I don't have access to a Win7 machine ATM, but on both XP and Vista, you 
> can do:
>
> Tools -> Accounts. There will be a button for "Add". Click that and then 
> you can choose "News". And just fill in all the info. The (NNTP) server is 
> "news.digitalmars.com", and it doesn't take a login.
>
> Then you should see the news server in the big tree on the left side of 
> the main window. You can choose which groups to subscribe to 
> (digitalmars.D, digitalmars.D.learn, etc.). When you're subscribes to one, 
> you can go to it and click the "Headers" button to check for messages (at 
> least that's what it is in on XP). Downloading the headers might take 
> awhile the first time.
>

And you'll want to remember to reply with "Reply Group", not "Reply". If you 
do the plain "Reply" it'll just send an email to that person, not to the 
newsgroup. I still hit the wrong button now and then.