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Reading
Newsgroups using Internet Explorer
1. To read newsgroups, you will need to select the "Mail" function
on your web browser. This will take you into Internet Explorer's
"Outlook Express" mail and news program. Click on the mail icon.
You can also open Outlook Express directly from the desktop.
If you have not used it before as a mail program, you may need
to configure Outlook to send and receive email. Be sure to complete
this configuration process before continuing Keep in mind that
if multiple students will be using the computer you configure
to read iEARN newsgroups, you will need to consider how to manage
the e-mail addresses entered into the Preferences, so that messages
are posted under the right e-mail address.
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2. Next, you will need to add the iEARN news server
in the "Accounts" section of Outlook Express. Under the "Tools"
icon, Click on Accounts.
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3. Within "Accounts" select the 'News' tab. Click 'New' to add a new
News account. When prompted, enter "foro.iearn.org" as the server name,
and "news.foro.iearn.org" as the server address. Check the box next
to "Add server". Check "This server requires authentication" and enter
your iEARN User Name and Password. When you are done, click "OK."
When you return to the main Outlook Express page, you should now see
'foro.iearn.org' listed along the menu of folders on the left column.
Click once on 'foro.iearn.org'. As a shortcut to finding all of the
iEARN newsgroups, type "iearn" in the field that reads "Display newsgroups
containing."
Once all of the iEARN newsgroups appear, you can Subscribe to any newsgroup
by highlighting it and clicking 'Subscribe' in the menu bar. Once you
have subscribed to your iEARN newsgroups, they will appear underneath
the 'iearn' heading in the left column. If you do not see them, click
the triangle to the left of the icon, which should turn down a listing
of the "iearn" newsgroups to which you are subscribed.
Click here to continue
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