Outlook Express Setup

Here are some screenshots that will help you to configure Outlook Express so you can start downloading messages from the F1NGers Newsgroup.

Start Outlook Express. Click TOOLS > ACCOUNTS

Since F1NGers is hosted on a News Server (NNTP), click ADD > NEWS

Type in your desired name. This is what other users will see in the FROM field.

Now enter your email address. We’re proud to say that we’ve never ever had a F1NGer complain of receiving spam or unwanted junk email as a result of displaying an email address in the newsgroup. This is so, because only people with valid credentials can view F1NGers. Even search engines can’t crawl and make a record of messages posted here.

Fill in the fields as shown. Make sure you check/tick the indicated box.

The next step is to enter the login credentials that were sent to you when you asked to join us. Do be careful to enter the username and password exactly as displayed in the email, both of which are CASE SENSITIVE, so PassWord is not the same as pASSwORD !

The initial configuration is almost complete. All that remains is some final tweaking. This is the next screen that you’ll see. Click FINISH to move the second and last phase of this exercise.

We’ve now set up OE with the details needed to access the server. We’ll now configure OE so the F1NGers groups and the messages they contain can be downloaded. Click YES to the prompt which will then take us to a window where OE will connect to the server and display the groups.

This next step is where you’ll subscribe to the groups that are part of F1NGers.

f1ng.ers is the primary group where all the discussions (both on and off-topic) take place.
f1ng.spa98 is a group where some of our more enthusiastic members upload media files like images or videos.
f1ng.teams is the least active and is devoted to us boffins trying to improve F1NGers, this is where the bureaucracy is holed up and where we think of newer ideas for bettering the F1NGers community. We recommend you subscribe to all three groups, be active and post regularly in all groups.

The very last step will be to tell Outlook Express to include this account and download the messages when you next click the SEND/RECEIVE button.

That’s it. You’re all set !