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How to Set Up NewsRover to Connect to ThunderNews.com |
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| These instructions describe how to configure the Shareware version of News Rover to work
with ThunderNews.com's News Server. If you are a registered customer of ThunderNews.com, you may download a full
featured, registered copy of News Rover at no charge by logging into your account and clicking the link to 'Download
News Rover' on the left menu of the Member's home page. |
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Download the sharware version of the NewsRover software from the author's website
HERE. |
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Install NewsRover software. During install,
take default settings unless you want to change where News Rover is installed. |
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| Start NewsRover. You will see the "Introduction"
dialog box. Click "Next". |
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| You will see the "Server" dialog box.
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Enter:
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| News Server Address: |
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news.thundernews.com |
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| Logon Authorization required: |
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| Account Name: |
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Enter the User ID you received by email from ThunderNews |
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| Password |
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Enter the password you received by email from ThunderNews |
Click "Next".
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| You will see the "Newsgroup / Initial Interest Setup"
dialog box. Click "Set up initial newsgroup subscriptions". |
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The "Initial Display Filter" dialog box
will appear for newsgroups that may contain file attachments.
Normally, the defaults are appropriate, so if you are prompted for an Initial Display Filter
click the "Use this filter" button to continue.
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The "Get Initial List of Messages" dialog box appears.
Choose a number that seems reasonable.
You get about 100,000 message headers per minute with a 3 megabit per
second connection.
And about 50,000 message headers per minute with a 1.5 megabit per second
connection.
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| The main NewsRover window will open.
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Click on the group you added in Step 6 and the message
headers will download and appear in the right window pane. |
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Double click on a message title to download it.
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If it contains a file, a link to the file will appear in the bottom
window pane. Click the link to open the file. |
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If you click on "news.thundernews.com"
in the left window pane, the first 6 menu icons across the top will become active.
Use these icons to set up additional groups and get updates. |
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A great feature of NewsRover is the ability to locate messages
by keyword.
You can use the message locator tools in the left panel of the News Rover software
to find messages of interest to you.
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If you read any messages that have file attachments, those files will be placed
in numbered folders in the "Projects"
directory which is in your "NewsRover" directory. |
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