How to Create a Shortcut to a Newsgroup

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a shortcut to a newsgroup. You can then use the shortcut to access the newsgroup without starting Internet News or Outlook Express first.

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To create a shortcut to a newsgroup, follow these steps:

Right-click an empty area of the desktop, point to New on the menu that appears, and then click Shortcut.
In the Command Line box, type the following line:
news://<news server>/newsgroup
where <news server> is the name of the news server provided by your Internet service provider (ISP) or Intranet administrator, and <news group> is the name of the news group. For example:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.test
Click Next.
Type a descriptive name for the shortcut.
Click Finish.

NOTE: This process assumes that Internet Mail and News or Outlook Express has been properly configured. For information about how to configure Internet News, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

153841 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153841/EN-US/ ) How to Configure Microsoft Internet News for Windows 95

For more information about how to configure Outlook Express, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

171164 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171164/EN-US/ ) : How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
Microsoft Internet Mail and News 1.0

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