newsgroups in outlook 2000

Outlook Express is automatically installed with IE. It'd be a good idea to make sure you have at least IE 5.0 - 5.5 is better, but I haven't used 6.0. Then, open Outlook Express - it will ask you if you want it to be the default mail manager for mail - say "NO" - same for News, say "NO again. This ensures that Outlook 2k is still your email/news default. Then, in OE, click Tools/Accounts then click the News tab and ADD your news server here. If the news server requires a logon, you'll want to enter your logon ID and password as well. Once this is set up, you will see the newsgroup listed in OE below the regular email stuff (inbox, etc.). Click on the news server name and then set your options - you will probably want to have it download headers only (to save disk space and download time). You'll also get a popup that will ask you if you want to subscribe to the newsgroups that are available on the news server - then if you say "yes" you'll get a list of the available newsgroupsthat you might want to subscribe to. Good luck!!