Microsoft Add-Ins For Reading Newsgroups In Outlook?

[D. Spencer Hines]

Deeeeelightful!

Thanks.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Yes...

That's unfortunate.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Yes...

Got it.

Thanks.

Cheers,

 

[CBoom]

ahh thanks for that tip... I didn't know that

I didn't notice that because I always install frontpage 2003 (that's part of
office 2003)

 

[Bruce Hagen]

The only language available for OE is French with Office 2007. Numerous post
on WTF? This is what I give them.

You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook
Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974

Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007.
Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this.

Vampirefo Spell Check.

From Major Geeks:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952

From SnapFile:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

TinySpell:
http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/ (Checks the spelling as you type).

Australian English Spell Check
(Also suitable for other English speaking countries.)
http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oespellcheck/

If you have a previous version of Office, see this:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

ahh thanks for that tip... I didn't know that

I didn't notice that because I always install frontpage 2003 (that's part
of office 2003)

 

[PA Bear, MS MVP]

Crosspost much?

See this related post: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/msg/0915309af5194d33

 

[Clif McIrvin]

Thanks...

I *have* looked at Thunderbird and was impressed with the current
beta, 3.0.0.

But I too am used to and comfortable with the OE interface and love it
like an old shoe.


Why different newsgroups in different software?
--

Essentially because I didn't want to spend any more time dealing with
the issue. Someday i may look at it again; but who knows when I'll find
the time. In the process of evaluating i ended up with some newsgroups
in OE and some in Thunderbird; I just left it that way.

[I use OE only for newsgroups, not email.]

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Thank you.

Makes Good Sense.

Separating business in Outlook from fun and hobbies in newsgroups may make
sense as well.

When the Mozilla Thunderbird 3 beta goes RTW I'll look at it again.

But in the beta I couldn't get it to connect to an MSN POP3 account.

Have you been able to do that?

I'm still using WLM and OE. But like OE much better.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

Thanks...

I *have* looked at Thunderbird and was impressed with the current beta,
3.0.0.

But I too am used to and comfortable with the OE interface and love it
like an old shoe.


Why different newsgroups in different software?
--

Essentially because I didn't want to spend any more time dealing with the
issue. Someday i may look at it again; but who knows when I'll find the
time. In the process of evaluating i ended up with some newsgroups in OE
and some in Thunderbird; I just left it that way.

[I use OE only for newsgroups, not email.]

 

[...winston]

Version 4 is actually version 12.0 when installed
- not sure, but I suspect the 4 means it was the 4th rtw version made available for download.

For Live ID accounts, 12.1 is the preferred because it enables features for free accounts that are only available in with a Premium
account when using V4(12). The download link for each version explains the differences.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Good...

Thanks.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor


Version 4 is actually version 12.0 when installed

- not sure, but I suspect the 4 means it was the 4th rtw version made
available for download.

For Live ID accounts, 12.1 is the preferred because it enables features for
free accounts that are only available in with a Premium
account when using V4(12). The download link for each version explains the
differences.

 

[Clif McIrvin]

I don't have MSN or Hotmail; I wasn't able to successfully POP3 to
yahoo -- since they offer POP3 as an available $$ option they may have
done something to break the workarounds that have been created over time
.... or possibly I never got the installation correct at my end. The
Gmail POP3 access works great.

No experience with WLM, but from what I read OE was much better.

-Clif

Thank you.

Makes Good Sense.

Separating business in Outlook from fun and hobbies in newsgroups may
make sense as well.

When the Mozilla Thunderbird 3 beta goes RTW I'll look at it again.

But in the beta I couldn't get it to connect to an MSN POP3 account.

Have you been able to do that?

I'm still using WLM and OE. But like OE much better.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

Thanks...

I *have* looked at Thunderbird and was impressed with the current
beta, 3.0.0.

But I too am used to and comfortable with the OE interface and love
it like an old shoe.

Right now, I actually use Outlook, Thunderbird, and OE for
different purposes -- and have different newsgroups subscribed in
OE and Thunderbird

Why different newsgroups in different software?
--

Essentially because I didn't want to spend any more time dealing with
the issue. Someday i may look at it again; but who knows when I'll
find the time. In the process of evaluating i ended up with some
newsgroups in OE and some in Thunderbird; I just left it that way.

[I use OE only for newsgroups, not email.]

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Great!

You might also want to read this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102218231033.aspx

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Thanks.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

I don't have MSN or Hotmail; I wasn't able to successfully POP3 to yahoo --
since they offer POP3 as an available $$ option they may have done
something to break the workarounds that have been created over time ... or
possibly I never got the installation correct at my end. The Gmail POP3
access works great.

No experience with WLM, but from what I read OE was much better.

-Clif

Thank you.

Makes Good Sense.

Separating business in Outlook from fun and hobbies in newsgroups may
make sense as well.

When the Mozilla Thunderbird 3 beta goes RTW I'll look at it again.

But in the beta I couldn't get it to connect to an MSN POP3 account.

Have you been able to do that?

I'm still using WLM and OE. But like OE much better.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

news:[email protected]...

Thanks...

I *have* looked at Thunderbird and was impressed with the current beta,
3.0.0.

But I too am used to and comfortable with the OE interface and love it
like an old shoe.

Right now, I actually use Outlook, Thunderbird, and OE for different
purposes -- and have different newsgroups subscribed in OE and
Thunderbird

Why different newsgroups in different software?
--

Essentially because I didn't want to spend any more time dealing with
the issue. Someday i may look at it again; but who knows when I'll find
the time. In the process of evaluating i ended up with some newsgroups
in OE and some in Thunderbird; I just left it that way.

[I use OE only for newsgroups, not email.]

 

[Janey chan]

I am presently using Newshound for Outlook and have experience with
Mapilabs NNTP for Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live
Mail, Thunderbird and other dedicated news clients. While using OE, WM,
WLM and Thunderbird make reading newsgroups pretty simple out of the box
there are some advantages to using Outl0ok with an add-in as your news
client.
With Newshound you have access to most Outlook features so you can use
Outlook Categories or flag specific newsgroup posts. You can also drag
them to tasks (i.e. a link you want to check out later) just like you do
with email. You can design your own customized views for reading messages
and you can also archive using Outlooks archiving features and rules to a
local pst file or for that matter have your newsgroups delivered to a
local pst file. With an Exchange based email account with a sufficient
mailbox size you can also store your newsgroups within Exchange thereby
making them accessible from multiple computers or through Outlook Web
Access on the web. This is a plus for me as I switch between multiple
computers and there was no other way to keep my read\unread messages in
sync between machines. Newshound will allow you to retrieve just message
headers or headers and bodies. It has colorized quoting which is nice.

It has taken some time for me to adjust to using Newshound for Outlook for
news reading and I am fairly familiar with Outlook so I am able to
customize Outlook in order to make it work like I want. If you're
relatively comfortable with Outlook, Newshound offers a 30 day free trial
so you can give it a try and see if it suits your needs. One of the first
things I did after installing it was create a new Newsgroup view that only
shows unread posts. The only view it includes is one that shows all
posts. Another behaviour that took some getting use to is that it moves
message threads with the most recent posting to the top of the thread
list.

Because I'm using an Exchange based email account and prefer not to have
to switch between separate email\PIM, newsgroup and RSS clients, while not
perfect, Newshound for Outlook is a good compromise for me.