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

Peter Johnson <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:01:34 +0000
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-xp,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.msdos.batch.nt
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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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.