Re: Outlook and news (was: Re: Thunderbird and MIDs)
Peter Johnson <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:01:34 +0000
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:52:13 -0600, Char Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >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. > Outlook Express had news access. It wasn't that good, although I couldn't tell you why at this distance. I used it for a few weeks before I discovered Agent.