NG with OL2007 & WLM

[plb2862]

Before Outlook 2007 (OL2007) & Windows Live Mail (WLM), OL & OLE
worked well together for me when I wanted to look at NG posts. OL
would use OLE as the NG reader. Then I could respond and out it went
through OL. I could choose the NG reader from a pull down or a
button. I have NGs I want to view when I'm in OL2007 but I can't add
any NG accounts to OL2007-I can't seem to do the same thing as before.
I will get email from the NG I frequent in OL2007 and I can't see the
series-conversation in the NG without using WLM. I have to use WLM for
NG viewing not sending responses. Unfortunately, both have to be run
in tandem with IE and I really don't want to use two email programs
and IE. You see I can't send a response from WLM as it is denied by
OL2007 and trying to send it through OL2007 doesn't work because it
doesn't recognize the NG name as an address
(microsoft.public.outlook.installation). Just to send this, I had to
go through IE Google Groups to send my questions. Figuring out whether
this is an OL2007 issue or WLM issue is not my forté so I'm sorry for
the cross post. Any ideas if it is possible or as to how to fix
this? I'd hate to have to disable both programs and find a third
party solution. All these weird MS changes makes me want to by a MAC.
Thanks,
PhilB.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It is no different as before. Outlook never was a news client and for
replying to newsgroup posts you don't need to have an email account
configured. Just press the "Reply Group" button to send via the newsgroup
account.

 

[pbalmanno]

It is no different as before. Outlook never was a news client and for
replying to newsgroup posts you don't need to have an email account
configured. Just press the "Reply Group" button to send via the newsgroup
account.

 

[pbalmanno]

It is no different as before. Outlook never was a news client and for
replying to newsgroup posts you don't need to have an email account
configured. Just press the "Reply Group" button to send via the newsgroup
account.

That still doesn't fix the access to NG reader via OL2007. I guess MS opted
not to link the two and I will have to look for another email/NG program.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You mean the option Go-> Mail? That's just a shortcut to your default
newsreader. That still exists but is off by default. You can add the button
if you want.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

I'll add that WLM does appear to honor the same commands that WM and OE
accepted to start in news only mode (/outnews and /newsonly) however, the
interface has some problems in that it will start with mail disabled, but
show you the contents of your default mail Inbox folder when it starts; you
can manipulate the messages, but have no access to other mail folders. If
you select a newsgroup folder, this default Inbox vanishes, never to be seen
again until WLM is restarted. I've reported this and am waiting from
feedback from the WLM folks.

Hal
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