Setting Up Newsgroups in Netscape Communicator 4.x
To set up your news account:
- Start Netscape Communicator.
- Go to the Edit menu, and click Preferences
- Double-click Mail & Groups (4.0x) or Mail & Newsgroups (4.5x-4.7x), and click Groups Server.
- Netscape version:
- 4.0x: Under "Discussion groups (news) server", enter nntp2.foothill.net.
- 4.5x-4.7x: Click Add, and under "Server", enter nntp2.foothill.net. Click OK.
- Click OK.
To subscribe to a newsgroup:
- Go to the Communicator menu, and click "Collabra Discussion Groups"(4.0x) or "Newsgroups"(4.5x-4.7x)
- Go to the File menu and click Subscribe.
- After the list of newsgroups appears, click a newsgroup you want to subscribe to, and click Subscribe.
- Once you have subscribed to all desired newsgroups, click OK.
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