Newsgroups Question

I've downloaded WLM, and have been experimenting with it.
Two questions.

1. I find that the Microsoft newsgroups download very
slowly, and it takes much longer to switch between newsgroup
messages than with WM. This has been mentioned by others on
this and other Microsoft newsgroups. Are there rumors of a
fix for this problem? Has Microsoft even acknowledged this
problem? I have read and appreciate the suggestion to use
WM for newsgroups and WLM for email, but I'd prefer to avoid
that.

2. Aside from the Microsoft newsgroups which came up
automatically when I downloaded WLM, how might I get the
usenet newsgroups which appear on my WM screen as
"news.west.earthlink.net" and are, I believe, part of my
Earthlink ISP service?

Help appreciated.

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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:21:03 -0700, CWLee wrote:

> I've downloaded WLM, and have been experimenting with it.
> Two questions.
>
> 1. I find that the Microsoft newsgroups download very
> slowly, and it takes much longer to switch between newsgroup
> messages than with WM. This has been mentioned by others on
> this and other Microsoft newsgroups. Are there rumors of a
> fix for this problem? Has Microsoft even acknowledged this
> problem? I have read and appreciate the suggestion to use
> WM for newsgroups and WLM for email, but I'd prefer to avoid
> that.
>
> 2. Aside from the Microsoft newsgroups which came up
> automatically when I downloaded WLM, how might I get the
> usenet newsgroups which appear on my WM screen as
> "news.west.earthlink.net" and are, I believe, part of my
> Earthlink ISP service?
>
> Help appreciated.

1. I have not heard of anything acknowledged by MS.

2. At the bottom of the Folders pane: "Add newsgroup account". Follow the
Wizard, and add the appropriate information in the fields as you "Next" your
way through.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Any newsgroups in WLMail did not come with the download, but were migrated
from your previous program.
The news messages do not migrate or import and have to be redownloaded.
Are you downloading headers or messages?
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> 2. Aside from the Microsoft newsgroups which came up automatically when I
> downloaded WLM, how might I get the usenet newsgroups which appear on my
> WM screen as "news.west.earthlink.net" and are, I believe, part of my
> Earthlink ISP service?
>

If there was a fix, I wouldn't be using Windows Mail for newsgroups.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"CWLee" <> wrote in message news:...
>
> 1. I find that the Microsoft newsgroups download very
> slowly, and it takes much longer to switch between newsgroup
> messages than with WM. This has been mentioned by others on
> this and other Microsoft newsgroups. Are there rumors of a
> fix for this problem? Has Microsoft even acknowledged this
> problem? I have read and appreciate the suggestion to use
> WM for newsgroups and WLM for email, but I'd prefer to avoid
> that.
[snip]

Get News Rover or something else if you want a real news reader/downloader.
WLM is as bad as Outlook Express as a news reader.

"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I've downloaded WLM, and have been experimenting with it. Two questions.
>
> 1. I find that the Microsoft newsgroups download very slowly, and it
> takes much longer to switch between newsgroup messages than with WM. This
> has been mentioned by others on this and other Microsoft newsgroups. Are
> there rumors of a fix for this problem? Has Microsoft even acknowledged
> this problem? I have read and appreciate the suggestion to use WM for
> newsgroups and WLM for email, but I'd prefer to avoid that.
>
> 2. Aside from the Microsoft newsgroups which came up automatically when I
> downloaded WLM, how might I get the usenet newsgroups which appear on my
> WM screen as "news.west.earthlink.net" and are, I believe, part of my
> Earthlink ISP service?
>
> Help appreciated.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>