Accessing WebBoard with Outlook Express (Mac)
This tutorial
explains how to configure and use Outlook Express on a Mac.
How to Configure
STEP 1
Under the Outlook Express Tools menu, select Accounts.
STEP 2
In the window that opens, click Add
and select News... from the pop-up menu.
STEP 3
In the Account Setup Assistant, enter your name and email
address, if requested. Click the right arrows at the bottom of the window, until you are asked to provide a News (NNTP) server, then type webboard.cet.uiuc.edu
in the box. Finally, check the small box labeled "My news
server requires me to log on."
STEP 4
Use the right arrow in the bottom of the window to move through
the rest of the set-up process. When you are asked for your account name and
password, use your WebBoard login and WebBoard password.
If you are working
from your own computer, you can check the Save Password box. Otherwise, you will need to enter your WebBoard password each time that you
start a new WebBoard session from Outlook Express. (Do NOT choose this option
if you are working from a shared, or public computer.)
STEP 5
When you are asked for an account name, you can call it anything you like. This is how the server will be listed in your Folders window. Click Finish to complete the configuration.
How to Use
STEP 1
Once you have completed the configuration steps above,
you should see the WebBoard server listed in your Folders window. It will be
listed by the account name that you gave it during configuration.
STEP 2
Control-click on the WebBoard
server in your Folders list. From the pop-up menu that opens, click
on Get Complete Newsgroup List.
STEP 3
This will open a list of newsgroups that you have access
to from WebBoard. If any of your newsgroups are not present on this list, check with your professor for that course. It is possible that the newsgroup access has not been enabled. If you are using WebBoard in more than one class, the newsgroups
may show up in one long alphabetical list -- unsorted by course.
STEP 4
Click on the name of each newsgroup that you want to participate
in, then click Subscribe.
STEP 5
Now each of these newsgroups will appear in your Folders
list on the left side of the window under the WebBoard server name. Clicking
on the newsgroup name will give you access to all of the messages posted
in the group, as well as the ability to post new messages and reply to posted messages.
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