You don't need the bridge to access the newsgroups. The bridge is required
to make the new answers forum available to a newsreader. You need to setup
your newsreader to access Eternal September or whatever other news server
your require. For Outlook Express you can see how to do that at
http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm. For other newsreaders the principles are
similar though the dialogs will be different.
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"DeanH" wrote in message
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On 23 June, 10:08, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
If by the "old communities" you mean these newsgroups, then the answer is
no. To
see the newsgroups in a newsreader, you would have to create a separate
account,
such as news.eternal-september.org (which I'm using).
Hi Stefan.
This is back to my first posting.
I have registered at eternal-september but I do not see any news group
to see postings, I see the News Portal that does not include the
newsgroups I am looking for (and is in a awful format). I do see the
newsgroups under the Hierarchies but cannot use them in any way.
Do I need the NNTP Bridge then, either the MS one or the Communities
Forum one that I have installed but does not seem to do anything. Have
I missed something very simple?
Again, I am responding from Google Groups.
Thanks
DeanH