can I see Labview discussion Forums in Outlook Express

[sattu]

Hi all,
I want to see the Discussion Forum of Labview through Outlook Express.I have Windows XP as OS.
plz help
Thanks in advance
--sattu

[altenbach]

These discussions are also available as newsgroups, so you can use the news reader of Outlook Express.

Set up a news accout to server: newsgroups.ni.com and download the available newsgroups. For example comp.lang.labview is the main LabVIEW newsgroup and corrsponds to "LabVIEW General" here. (Othere news servers may also carry some of these news groups, but I prefer to go directly to the source). 🙂

Personally, I prefer to access them directly here via the NI developer Zone, but both ways have advantages.

[sattu]

Hi Altenbach,
Thanks for reply..
I have account on ni.com but I can't able to find from where I can downloads the newsgroups?
And could you please tell me how I configuered my OUTLOOK EXPRESS to read newsgroup?
Thanks

[altenbach]

Procedures vary depending on OE version, but here are the general instructions. If your computer is not too customized, you can go there directly, just click the following link

-----newsgroups.ni.com -----.


Manual instructions:

Open Outlook Express and go to "tools...accounts".

Click [Add...] --> News...
and finish the wizard with relevenat entries:

Display Name: Your real name or an alias.
e-mail address: your e-mail address (or a fake, ending in .invalid if you want to keep it private or are worried it gets harvested).
News server: newsgroups.ni.com
Finish the wizard.

Now select newsgroups.ni.com and press "Newsgroups..." and subscribe to whatever you desire. You can also
"go to" any newsgroups without subscribing.

[sattu]

Thanks again for ur reply,
I have Windows XP prof. with all updates and AMD thlon 2600+ processor with MSI mother Board.
I have LAN connection of 100Mbps.
While downloading newsgroups it shows "server can't found"(please see the attachment).
Any next solution please.
Again thanks for reply.......waiting for your next reply.
--sattu

[altenbach]

See if e.g. comp.lang.labview is available on your regular news server, it might be.

[JeanPierre]

This link news:\\newsgroups.ni.com\comp.lang.labview should open OE at the right place. Answer Yes when you are asked to subscribe.

[sattu]

hi,
Thanks for reply ..
but it doesn't work ..:(
I filled that URL in NNTP sever name then he asked me this is not a valid Newsgroup URL although I continued ...while downloading the newsgoups...a popup window says server can't be found!!
please help.
thanks in advance.
bye
skchou@iitk.ac.in

[JeanPierre]

Copy the link in your internet browser...

[JeanPierre]

Or Click Here.