NEWS READER CONFIGURATION

If you are installing a new news reader, check the link below for some of the more popular software.

 We have included instructions below for several of the more popular newsreaders available.

The program will prompt you to download the groups for the server, you can do that now if you wish.


Agent (registered version)
Commercial product with many advanced features including integrated email and news folders,
kill filters, third party add-ons. More information and Demo Download is available at Forte, Inc.

1. Open up Agent.
2. Select User and System Profile under the Options menu.
3. Click on the User tab. Fill in email information. Select Login With a Username and
Password. Fill in your news account login and password. Make sure the checkbox is
checked to Remember Password Between Sessions.
4. Click on the System tab. Fill in the news server address:  news.meganetnews.com.   Also fill in your email server information.
5. Click on the OK button and you are all set to go.
6. Select Refresh Groups List under the Online menu. Select Delete All Extinct Groups. Click OK to retrieve a complete list of all of our newsgroups.
7. Subscribe to the newsgroups by highlighting a group and then select Subscribe List under the Group menu
8. Use Show Groups and Folders under the Group menu to display the subscribed newsgroups.
9. Select Get New Headers In Subscribed Groups under the Online menu to retrieve
article headers.


Free Agent (freeware version)
Freeware product with a subset of the many advanced features offered in the commercial
version of Agent. More information and Download is available at Forte, Inc.

1. Open up Free Agent.
2. Select General Preferences under the Options menu.
3. Click on the User tab. Fill in email information. Select Login With a Username and
Password. Select Server Requires Login and fill in your news account login and
password. Make sure the checkbox is checked to Remember Password Between
Sessions.
4. Click on the System tab. Fill in the news server address:  news.meganetnews.com.  Also fill in your email server information.
5. Click on the OK button and you are all set to go.
6. Select Refresh Groups List under the Online menu. Select Delete All Extinct Groups. Click OK to retrieve a complete list of all of our newsgroups.
7. Subscribe to the newsgroups by highlighting a group and then select Subscribe List under the Group menu
8. Use Show under the Group menu to display the subscribed news groups.
9. Select Get New Headers In Subscribed Groups under the Online menu to retrieve
article headers.

News Xpress
Freeware product with many advanced features including online graphic viewing during
download. News Xpress can be located at Tucows. More information available at News Xpress

1. Open up News Xpress.
2. Select Options from the File menu.
3. Click on the Servers Directory tab. Fill in the news server address:  news.meganetnews.com.  Also fill in your email server information.
4. Select the News Server Authorization and fill in your news login and password. When completed click OK.
5. To retrieve a listing of the newsgroups click on All tab located at the bottom of the
screen. Select Update Groups Info from the Group menu to retrieve our newsgroups
list.
6. After reviewing all the available news groups you can subscribe to the groups by
clicking on the bullets or highlighting the newsgroup then selecting Subscribe from
the Group menu. When you have completed subscribing to the desired newsgroups
you can click on the Subscribed tab to review your selections.
7. To retrieve headers highlight the desired newsgroup and select All Articles from the View menu.


NN or Tin (Unix)

1. Using Unix news readers requires you to set the NNTP SERVER variable.
2. You will need to add an environment variable command to your .profile and/or .login file. C, TCSH Shell: setting NNTP SERVER "selected servers address "
BORN, KORN Shell: NNTPSERVER=" news.meganetnews.com "; export NNTPSERVER
3. To open tin you need to type tin -r.


News Rover
Shareware product with flexible search features and thumbnail previews. More information and DEMO download is available at S&H Computer Systems

1. Open up News Rover.
2. Open the configuration window by selecting the Configure menu.
3. Click the Server tab.
4. Click Add Server.
5. Fill in the news server address:  news.meganetnews.com.
6. Select Logon authorization required. Fill in your news login and password. Select the method of how you will connect to the Internet.
7. Click the E-Mail tab. Fill in your email server information.
8. To retrieve the list of newsgroups select the Get-Newsgroups menu.
9. Click on New Interest Group to begin subscribing to the newsgroups.
10. Click on New Interest Group.
11. To retrieve the newsgroup headers click on Run located in the News Rover window.
12. Select Messages from the View menu to examine the articles.


WinVN
Freeware product with basic features including multiple server support. Download is
available at Tucows FAQ available at WinVN Hompage

1. Open up WinVN.
2. Select Communications from the Configure menu. If it is a first install then the
Communications Options will open automatically.
3. Fill in the news server address information:  news.meganetnews.com.
4. Fill in the Authorization Information. Be sure check Save Password.
5. Fill in the SMTP Server information. Preferably use fake info. Use SMTP protocol.
6. Fill in your appropriate time zone.
7. Click OK.
8. Select Connect to Server from the Network menu. If it is a first install then you will
automatically attempt to connect to the news server.
9. Click Yes when prompted to retrieve the latest group list from the server. If it is a first install then you will automatically attempt to retrieve the list from the server.
10. Select the groups you want to subscribe.
11. Select Subscribe Selected Groups from the Group menu.
12. Double click on a group to open a new window to retrieve the list of articles.
13. Double click on an article to open a new window to retrieve the body of article.
14. To decode an article, select the articles parts by clicking on the individual article.
Then select Decode Selected Articles from the Articles menu.