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How to configure Outlook Express to read newsgroups

Load Outlook Express (Start Menu -> Programs -> Network Access -> Outlook Express Newsreader)
A setup wizard should now appear
Enter your name, click next.
Enter your email address, click next
Enter the newsgroup server as "news.york.ac.uk"
Tick the box saying, "My news server requires me to log on", click next
Enter your computing services username and password, then click next.
Now click finish
Outlook express will now ask you if you want to download the list of newsgroups, click "yes"
Wait a few seconds while the list downloads
Scroll to the bottom of the list to find the "york" newsgroups.
Subscribe to newsgroups by double clicking on them, unsubscribe by double clicking on them again.
Click ok when you have finished