Patrick Moloney wrote: > A couple of days ago I placed a message on something, I thought was a > Newsgroup titled something like Netscape - Windows. > I had recently bought and installed the Netscape 6.2 CD and installed > it. I'm less than impressed. My big problem is the Newsgroups - which is > why I can't even get back to whereever I placed my message! > This thing has created many copies of newsgroups, has included hex > characters, has concatenated Account information (whatever that is) in > ways I never would have done myself. I don't even know where to start. I > have been using N4.76 for some time without real problem. I'm trying to > avoid IE, but now I can't even get there from here! > Here are my notes from this morning after clicking my Netscape Main 6.2 > icon. > 1. Host contacted, sending login information. > 2. Failed to connect to server. > 3. Failed to connect to server.(again)(by itself) > 4. Please enter a username for news server access. (I entered something). > 5. Please enter a Password for News Server access. (I entered something). > 6. I got my mail from the server. > 7. I selected a message and composed a reply. > 8. I tried to select "Send Later" (This because, using compuserve, I > have to dial in to Compuserve in order to send anything). > 9. Copy Failed. > 10. Unable to save your message in order to send it later. Please verify > that your Mail and Newsgroup settings are correct and try again. > 11. I connected via dial-up with composed reply still in a window. > 12. I selected "Send Later" and still could not. > 13. I selected "Send" and was able to. > > I have spent 3 days trying to re-establish connect to Newsgroups. > In general, the help for News groups calls all sorts of things > "Accounts". I have no idea what they're looking for. The messages say > nothing about which Newsgroup is causing the problem. I now have all > kinds of accounts and servers - probably 99% are causing problems. > This thing is just not commercial quality. I really feel rooked by my > purchase. Further, I bought the book, which is even worse than what I've > described above. > The people programming this product have some nerve even taking pay to > put something like this out. The excuse that the management is > responsible for the result just doesn't hold. > If, after all this, anyone has any idea how to get Newsgroups going, I > would still be happy to hear. I can only hope that future versions have > more to offer if I stick with it. Otherwise, I will just go elsewhere. > I hope I can ever get back here again. > Patrick Moloney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
also you could have downloaded netscape 6.2 from the web.. no one made you buy the cd., and I bet you didn't just pay for shipping and handling did you? sorry to hear such a bad experience you have had. So ask more question on this newsgroup here.. add account with the account wizard as the server news.mozilla.org.. and outbound you may use your compuserve default smtp server.
