Open Outlook Express

Click Tools

Select Accounts from the drop down menu

Click the Add button

Select News

The internet connection wizard will open

1) Enter the name you wish to appear

2) Click Next>

Now enter the email address you wish to have show.

Many people spam-proof the address

Click Next>

Now enter the name of the server.

news.annexcafe.com

CHECK the box that says, "My news server requires me to log on"

Click Next>

Enter the username and password you signed up AND validated at the website. Be sure to click the Remember Password or you will be prompted every time. Also, do NOT check the "Secure Password Authentication" option as that will not work.

Click Finish

The screen will show the new account.

Click the Close button.

It will ask you if you would like to download newsgroups from the news account you added.

At this point you can say no, close this instruction page and click the link on the home page.

It will take you directly to the newsgroup it describes, and you are all set for full participation

OR

you can

Click Yes

and it will download a list of the newsgroups alphabetically

It will take a bit, there are about 300

Then this screen will open

Where it says "Display newsgroups which contain:", you can type in an interest word to seek specific types of groups.

Or you can browse through to see what interests you.

Highlight any newsgroups that interest you

Click the Subscribe button

You are all set

If you wish to add more groups in the future, you can double click the server icon to reopen the full index

Or you can access a categorized list of all Annexcafe Newsgroups and chats at

http://www.annexcafe.com/newsgroups/

and join a board from there. You only have to configure for the server the one time.

Welcome!