18. In any newsgroup, there are usually a number of questions that are asked all the timeDisadvantages<br />All of the disadvantages of mailing lists <br />If you post to newsgroups your email address will almost certainly be harvested and you'll receive Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) or Spam as it is often called <br />You'll find that a lot of messages are off-topic and will invite you to make money fast, or to visit pornographic sites <br />Most of the pornography on the Internet is published using alt. groups, so you may need to restrict access if you have public workstations <br />Flaming and rows are much more common on newsgroups than in mailing lists .<br />Setting Up Newsgroups<br />If the links above do not work, here's how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express to read the PowerPoint newsgroups. Setting up other mail and newsreading software is similar. Netscape and some other web browsers may also be able to read newsgroups. <br />Start Outlook Express and choose Tools | Accounts.<br />Click the Add button to activate a flyout menu. Choose the News option within this flyout menu.<br />This will open a series of wizard screens. Type your name in the first of these screens and click Next.<br />The next screen asks you for your email address. It's a good idea to include some anti-spam measures while entering your email address. For example, you might want to type mynameREMOVESPAM@server.com or mynameREMOVECAPS@server.com, so that automatic spam-harvesters cannot reap your actual mail address. Click Next.<br />In the Internet News Server Name field, type quot;
msnews.microsoft.comquot;
without the quotes. Remember not to place a check mark next to quot;
My news server requires me to log inquot;
. Click Next.<br />When prompted, click the Finish button. Then click the Close button.<br />Outlook Express will prompt you with quot;
Would you like to download newsgroups from the news account you added?quot;
. Choose Yes. Since Microsoft's news servers host a large number of newsgroups.Sometimes, you may also get a warning that the server was not found. In that case, make sure you are connected online before you attempt to access the newsgroups. Also, verify exact wording to ensure that one or more of the setting options are not incorrect. <br />You'll next be presented the Newsgroup Subscriptions dialog box - you'll want to choose microsoft.public.powerpoint if you are using PowerPoint for Windows. Mac users may want to choose microsoft.public.mac.office.microsoft - apart from these two newsgroups, you'll find many other PowerPoint newsgroups that cater to a particular language version of PowerPoint, such as French, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, etc. Choose the ones you want to subscribe to.<br />Choose the newsgroup you want to subscribe within the list and click the Subscribe button. Click OK.<br />You'll find a listing called msnews.microsoft.com in your Outlook Express folder list - click the (+) sign next to this listing to view the names of your subscribed newsgroup.<br />Click the name of your newsgroup and Outlook Express will show (or download and show) a listing of messages that seem not unlike your regular email messages. Click any message to read it within the preview pane. You can read and respond to these newsgroup messages like regular mail.<br />If you want to post your question, press Ctrl + N to open a new message - type in your question and click Send to make your question available to hundreds of experts who will respond to your question in a few hours. Sometimes, people receive answers in minutes. Do visit the newsgroup often to check for answers, learn more and ask questions. <br />Future of the Internet Newsgroups?<br />The future of the newsgroups will be for inherently user-friendly multi-media news systems and software that do not discriminate between race, creed, colour, religion - and the computer illiterate. <br />This implies news systems and software where users neither need to type or read/write/speak English. In the network news systems of the future, users should be able to speak into a computer microphone, talk into a computer video camera, scribble on an electronic note pad (all in their native languages!) and the news software will take care of the rest - translation and presentation world wide in an efficient and equally user-friendly manner. <br />
![REPORT<br />ON<br />“NEWSGROUPS”<br />SUBMITTED TO:-<br />MS. AMANDEEP KAUR <br /> SUBMITTED BY:-<br /> AMANDEEP SAHI<br /> SHIVANI BEDI<br /> PRIYANKA BANSAL<br /> <br />What is a Newsgroup?<br />A newsgroup is a repository usually within the UseNet system, for messages posted from many users in different locations because it is usually a discussion group.Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web. <br />Types of newsgroups<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/reportonnewsgroups-100827001705-phpapp01/85/Report-on-newsgroups-1-320.jpg)
