"Newsgroup Not Available"?

[Lou]

>-----Original Message-----
>If you see "Newsgroup not available" on your newsgroup,
>you can avoid the problem by using Outlook Express to
view
>your newsgroups. See this link:
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se
t
>up.asp
>.
>Now why would I lock the door (firewall) and open a
window (Outlook Express). Newsgroups worked fine with IE6
till this week. Does anyone have a good answer.

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Lou wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> If you see "Newsgroup not available" on your newsgroup,
>> you can avoid the problem by using Outlook Express to view
>> your newsgroups. See this link:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se t
>> up.asp
>> .
>> Now why would I lock the door (firewall) and open a
> window (Outlook Express).


Why do you say that? As long as you don't open any attachments, there's
nothing insecure per se with using OE to read news.


Newsgroups worked fine with IE6
> till this week. Does anyone have a good answer.

[cimex]

Lou, based on the sophistication and experience of the many people who use
OE within this newsgroup, I find your argument somewhat weak. These people
(and I am not one of them) have never once cautioned against using OE on the
basis of security. In my own experience with OE, avoiding th occasional post
with an attachment, a flaky header and huge byte size is easy enough to do.
Other than those rare malicious posts, there is no more risk and FAR more
convenience and functionality in using OE to read newsgroups. Besides, when
one set of servers malfunctions, the other is bound to be up and running,
thus avoiding the "Not Available" situation.



"Lou" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If you see "Newsgroup not available" on your newsgroup,
> >you can avoid the problem by using Outlook Express to
> view
> >your newsgroups. See this link:
> >
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se
> t
> >up.asp
> >.
> >Now why would I lock the door (firewall) and open a
> window (Outlook Express). Newsgroups worked fine with IE6
> till this week. Does anyone have a good answer.

[Bob Gibson]

I've been using OE since Win 95, subscribing to, and downloading NG's
for offline reading, and never had a problem.

Bob


"cimex" > wrote in message
...
| Lou, based on the sophistication and experience of the many people who
use
| OE within this newsgroup, I find your argument somewhat weak. These
people
| (and I am not one of them) have never once cautioned against using OE
on the
| basis of security. In my own experience with OE, avoiding th
occasional post
| with an attachment, a flaky header and huge byte size is easy enough
to do.
| Other than those rare malicious posts, there is no more risk and FAR
more
| convenience and functionality in using OE to read newsgroups. Besides,
when
| one set of servers malfunctions, the other is bound to be up and
running,
| thus avoiding the "Not Available" situation.
|
|
|
| "Lou" > wrote in message
| ...
| >
| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >If you see "Newsgroup not available" on your newsgroup,
| > >you can avoid the problem by using Outlook Express to
| > view
| > >your newsgroups. See this link:
| > >
| > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se
| > t
| > >up.asp
| > >.
| > >Now why would I lock the door (firewall) and open a
| > window (Outlook Express). Newsgroups worked fine with IE6
| > till this week. Does anyone have a good answer.
|
|