I had same problem, but it was resolved when I downloaded and installed a new theme.
I was using the shitty original netscape one (why is that piece of crap still being bundled with the default download - it was crap 4 years ago and it's still crap now) Try changing the theme (I'm not using orbit- which rox) and trying again. Christopher White wrote: > In article <RIn09.129935$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >>Hi all, >> I'm new to Mozilla (been meaning to try it for awhile, then a co-worker >>showed it to me today and I got off my butt to try it out). So far the > > browser > >>is cool, but I can't get the news or mail to work (I'm not really interested >>in the mail portion yet). >> >> I load up the Mail & Newsgroups section, and it brings up the "New Account >>Setup" wizard, stating that it will collect the information for me to start up >>my mail or newsgroup account. On the same first page it the nsays, "Select > > the > >>type of account you would like to set up:" Nothing it listed on this page, > > and > >>if I just click the "next" button, nothing happens. What am I missing? Is >>this a bug? >> >> I'm using version 1.0 under Win2k, but I also tried version 1.1 beta and had >>the same issue. Thoughts? I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me as I'd >>like to see if Mozilla news is better than WinVN (which I've been using since >>Windows 3.11 because it just works :) >> >> I wasn't able to find any references using Google groups either. If anyone >>wants more information, please feel free to ask. >> >> Thanks all! >>Chris > > > Nobody's ever seen this problem or has any ideas how to setup the news > reader? I guess I'll stick with WinVN some more then. > CW >
