Re: Outlook and news (was: Re: Thunderbird and MIDs)

Char Jackson <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:52:13 -0600

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:57:54 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 2026/2/20 23:0:4, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:00:46 -0500, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>[]
>>> Outlook 
>> Outlook Express. Outlook has no Usenet capability.
>[]
>Mostly correct. However, on one setup I used (at work), it did: I think
>it called the msimn.exe that was present. But - IIRR, it was well over a
>decade ago, maybe two - it presented the news component as if it was
>inside the Outlook hierarchy.

I don't think that's right, but do you have a reference? I've never
heard of Outlook having a Usenet presence.

MSIMN.exe was the core of Outlook Express, named after Microsoft
Internet Mail and News. 

...Winston would know.