If you have never set up your Internet Explorer/Outlook Express newsreader for the BellSouth Newsgroup Service or you do not have NEWSGROUPS.BELLSOUTH.NET set as a current news server, please follow the steps in Section 1.
Section 1
Initial setup of Internet Explorer Newsreader
 Step 1
Open Microsoft Internet Explorer and click on the TOOLS menu. Select MAIL AND NEWS, then select READ NEWS. This will open Microsoft Outlook Express.
Step 2
In OUTLOOK EXPRESS, click on the TOOLS menu, then select ACCOUNTS.
Step 3
On the NEWS tab select ADD, then NEWS...
Step 4
Type in YOUR NAME as you wish it to appear in newsgroups. Click on NEXT.
Step 5
Type in your BELLSOUTH Username followed by @bellsouth.net. Click on NEXT.
Step 6
Type in newsgroups.bellsouth.net in the NEWS SERVER (NNTP) field. Check the MY NEWS SERVER REQUIRES ME TO LOG ON box. Click on NEXT.
Step 7
Type in your BELLSOUTH USERNAME followed by @bellsouth.net. Type in your BELLSOUTH PASSWORD. Important Note: You must enter your primary BellSouth internet access password. Your internet access password may be different from your Email access password. Changing your email password does not change your primary internet access password (or vice versa). Check REMEMBER PASSWORD. Click on NEXT.
Step 8
Click on FINISH.
Step 9
To subscribe to specific newsgroups, select the TOOLS menu, then NEWSGROUPS...
Step 10
Select the news server from the ACCOUNT(s) list on the left. Then, select the newsgroup you wish to view from the NEWSGROUP list in the center. Click on SUBSCRIBE, then OK. Subscribed newsgroups will now be listed in Outlook Express.
You are finished configuring your newsreader and can select and download new newsgroup messages.
Step 11
To read your subscribed newsgroups simply click the group under folders.
More Information
Visit the BellSouth Newsgroup Homepage
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