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  15 <H2><A NAME="s3">3. Quick-guide for news setup</A></H2>
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  18 <H2><A NAME="ss3.1">3.1 Getting news in a hurry.</A>
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  22 <P>In the configuration menu, select "Create new account"
  23 <P>In the "Basic" tab, enter the relevant data. You name the account, enter your name and e-mail address, etc. To connect to news, in the Protocol box you select "News (NNTP)".
  24 <P>Enter the newsserver information.
  25 <P>Skip the "Receive" tab.
  26 <P>In the "Send" tab you can set up some more settings.
  27 <P>In the "Compose" tab you can define your signature file.
  28 <P>In the "Advanced" tab you can edit the portnumbers for the servers you will be using. This normally will need no change.
  29 <P>Close the dialogs, right click the new News folder in the folder pane and select "Subscribe to newsgroups". If not done already, a list of groups will be downloaded from the server. From there you will find your way, so good luck!
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