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Thanks Ken
I did load and setup Netscape. I had numerous problems with my computer.
After one Dell advisor told me MSN did not support Netscape I uninstalled it
and never had the several major problems again.
Wull
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> In news
😛WyVe.7734$S26.3887@tornado.texas.rr.com,
> Wull <wmailey@gt.rr.com> typed:
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>> I have been using OE for news groups since I got my new computer.
>> I used Netscape for years and found it to be easier for me.
>> Here are the problems I have with OE:
>>
>> 1. How do you get the posts to download chronologically
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>
> It's not a matter of downloading chronologically, it's a matter of sorting
> the messages in date/time order. To sort in any order you want, click on
> the header of the field you want to sort on. Click on it a second time to
> reverse the sequenvce (ascending vs. descending). You should click on the
> "Sent" field header. If the "Sent" field isn't visible, see below.
>
>
>
>> with time
>> posted?
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>
> On the menu bar, click on View | Columns and choose the fields you want
> displayed and change their order as desired.
>
>
>> 2. How do you setup so that when posts are read they go away when
>> you close and not reappear when you open again?
>
>
> On the menu bar, click on View | Current View, and click "Hide Read
> Messages."
>
> You also may want to click on View | Layout and choose to keep the Views
> Bar on the screen to facilitate changing this
>
>
>> 3. How do you go back to read old posts that you might want to read
>> again?
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>
> Change View | Current View to "Show All Messages."
>
> Again, I recommend the Views Bar, which makes it easy to change back and
> forth.
>
>
>> 4. What is the difference in one click or two when opening a post?
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>
> I'm not sure what you're asking here. Perhaps you mean that a single click
> shows the message in the Preview Pane (if you're set to show the preview
> pane) and a double-click actually opens the message.
>
>
>> I could do all of those things with Netscape.
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>
> That's fine. If you prefer Netscape, then use it. Others prefer Agent, or
> any of the several other newsreaders available. I happen to prefer Outlook
> Express, but we don't all have to prefer the same product.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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