Re: Outlook and news

On 2/20/2026 6:57 PM, J. P. Gilliver 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.
> 
It was not msimn.exe.
  Msimn was prior to Outlook Express and IE4, though Outlook 
Express(included with MSN Explorer 2.6 and with IE4 circa 1997) initial 
release for the most part was just a renaming msinm client as Outlook 
Express. Msimn(Internet Mail and News) was included in Win95 but not 
later and originally could be used(as an email and news client) in 
addition to Win95 Windows Messaging(mail only client, which was also a a 
rename or Windows Exchange[not to be confused with Exchange Server - and 
the reason for the rename to Windows Messaging).

Outlook required Exchange Server(not available in commercial Win95-XP 
o/s) for newsgroups.

The *news* connection you may be recalling in Outlook with Outlook 
Express was quite simple.

Afaik, at one time an Outlook Express add-in was available but it only 
was a call to open Outlook Express for 'news'.
The most common and dependable version was a 3rd party add-in called 
MAPILab NNTP which provided a read/post news method within the main 
Outlook application(effectively using Outlook Express code as the 
vehicle to read/post).


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