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How to Set Up NewsRover to Connect to ThunderNews.com
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.
Step 1- Download the sharware version of the NewsRover software from the author's website HERE.
Step 2- Install NewsRover software. During install, take default settings unless you want to change where News Rover is installed.
You will see the "Server" dialog box.
Step 4-
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- For:
- Enter:
- News Server Address:
- news.thundernews.com
- Logon Authorization required:
- checked
- Account Name:
- Enter the User ID you received by email from ThunderNews
- Password:
- Enter the password you received by email from ThunderNews
- Click "Next"
Step 6-Type a keyword of interest such as "auto". Newsgroups that contain the keyword will be displayed.
Double click on newsgroups of interest or click the "Subscribe" button to subscribe.
A red icon appears to left of subscribed newsgroups.
Click the "Finished" button to proceed.
The "Initial Display Filter" dialog box will appear for newsgroups that may contain file attachments.
Step 7- Normally, the defaults are appropriate, so if you are prompted for an Initial Display Filter click the "Use this filter" button to continue.
The "Get Initial List of Messages" dialog box appears.
Choose a number that seems reasonable.
Step 8- The 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.
Step 9- The main NewsRover window will open.
Click on the group you added in Step 6 and the message headers will download and appear in the right window pane.
Double click on a message title to download it.
If it contains a file, a link to the file will appear in the bottom window pane. Click the link to open the file.
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.
Step 10- You can use the message locator tools in the left panel of the News Rover software to find messages of interest to you.
