GETTING CONNECTED

Creating or editing an NNTP newsgroup account manually
You can manually configure Notes to connect to NNTP newsgroups through an Internet Service Provider (ISP), or an internal NNTP server if your organization has one.

The easiest way to set up any type of connection is to choose File - Preferences - Client Reconfiguration Wizard, and answer the questions Notes asks, letting Notes create or edit your address book documents automatically. Before using the wizard, make sure you are using a location where you want to use newsgroups.

To create a newsgroup account manually

1. Obtain from your ISP (check your ISP’s online Help):

2. Click this icon in the Bookmark bar to open your Personal Address Book.
3. Click Accounts (under Advanced) in the navigation pane.
4. From the menu, choose Actions - New - Account.
5. Enter an account name (for example, My Newsgroups) in the "Account name" field.

6. Enter the name of the server in the "Account server name" field. For example, "nntp.myisp.com."

7. If required, enter your login name and password.

8. Select NNTP from the list in the Protocol field.

9. (Optional) Enable SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) if your Internet server requires it. For more information, see Securing your POP3, IMAP, LDAP, or NNTP accounts .

10. Select the locations (Office, Home, and so on) where you want to use the account or leave the asterisk (*) selected to use the account from all locations.

11. (Optional) Click the Advanced tab to change the setting "Start replication from last seen unique identifier." When this field is set to Yes, Notes uses the replication history to determine which documents to replicate. When the field is set to No, Notes searches through every document in order to determine whether to replicate it or not.

12. (Optional) Specify the "Maximum messages/articles to return" to limit the number of messages that will be listed in your newsgroup (proxy) database. For example, if you set this value to 100 and you subscribe to 5 newsgroups, Notes will pull 100 articles from each newsgroup, and 500 articles will be listed. If you set this value to 0 or leave it blank, Notes will download all articles from all newsgroups.

13. Click "Save and Close."

Now you are ready to read and write to newsgroups. See Working with newsgroups for information on subscribing and posting to groups.

To edit a newsgroup account manually

1. Click this icon in the Bookmark bar to open your Personal Address Book.


2. Select Accounts (under Advanced) in the navigation pane.

3. Select the account you want to edit.

4. Click the "Edit Account" button.

5. Make changes, then click "Save and Close."

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