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To subscribe to and read newsgroups, select a newsreader program that works on your computer's operating system, or a mail client or web browser with a built-in newsreader. There are many newsreaders available for free for UNIX/Linux, Mac OS, and Windows users. For example, UNIX users can read news with Pine, and PC users can read news with Outlook Express, a mail client with a built-in newsreader. The news server name to configure in your newsreader is news.gatech.edu.
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All Microsoft newsgroups are available through both a Web-based newsreader and an NNTP newsreader, such as Outlook Express. In fact you'll see links allowing you to choose between Web-based and NNTP newsreaders when you see listings of newsgroups. Don’t know which to choose? This may help you:
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To use newsgroups, you need a newsreader. Fortunately, most popular browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer include built in newsreaders and most online services support this feature. Below are basic instructions for using the newsreader that comes with popular browsers and online services:
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If the newsreader displays your regular newsgroups close to each other within the long list of newsgroups, you won't find it difficult selecting each of them for reading. When the newsreader displays your regular newsgroups far from each other, you may have to scroll up and down the list until you find the next one. Your scrolling might be a little easier if the newsreader lists the newsgroups in alphabetical order, but the scrolling can still be tedious for regular news reading.
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Once you have "connected" to the news server at 'news.grc.com', you should determine your newsreader's way of "refreshing" or "rereading" the names of the newsgroups available from the news.grc.com server. Also, if your newsreader provides the option to automatically notify you when new groups appear in the future, that's a handy feature to enable.
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Most newsreaders have some capability for remembering those newsgroups you identify as your regulars or favorites. Imagine your own collection of books where you have your most read, most favorite books together on one shelf or in a special pile. To tell the newsreader to treat a particular newsgroup as one of your favorites, you subscribe to the newsgroup.
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