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Using GroupWise to Read IPFW Newsgroups

To view and post to the newsgroups each person will need to selectively install the newsgroups (collectively called news.ipfw.edu) into their Windows GroupWise or an alternate news reader program.



Configuring GroupWise

  • Open GroupWise
  • Click File > New > Folder
  • Check NNTP folder; then click Next
  • For Account name enter: NewsGroups
  • Click Next
  • For News (NNTP) Server enter: news.ipfw.edu
  • Click Next 3 more times (Screens: Create News, Create Internet Account, and Create Folder till you get to the Display screen) -- don't change any settings
  • Click Finish

    • You will then be asked if you want to download a list of all available newsgroups now? Click Yes

  • Enter ipfw (lowercase) in search field and then click the Search button
  • Selecting groups to subscribe to from the retrieved Newsgroup list:
  • To subscribe, double-click the desired group:
  • When you've selected all the groups of interest at this time - Click Close.
  • You should now see the newsgroups listed under the NewsGroups folder:

    • Example list of newsgroups.

  • To insure that you always see the latest postings, right mouse click on the newsgroups link.
  • Choose Properties and then click on the Advanced tab.
  • Make sure the "Send/retrieve when folder is selected" checkbox is checked. Then click OK
  • To check messages, right click on NewsGroups and choose Send/Receive
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Automatically Retrieving New Posts

  • Open GroupWise
  • Click the Accounts menu option
  • Click Account Options
  • Click the News tab
  • Place a check in the box next to your newsgroups account
    • If you do not have a newsgroup listing in this window, you may not have GroupWise configured to read the newsgroups
  • Click the General Options button
  • Place a check in the box next to Send/Retrieve All Marked Accounts every 30 minutes
    • You can adjust the number of minutes to your specifications
  • Place a check in the box next to Send/Retrieve All Marked Accounts at startup
  • Click the OK button
    • This will close the General Settings window
  • Click the Close button
    • This will close the Accounts window


Reading Posts

  • From the main GroupWise mailbox window, locate the Newsgroups in the folder list to the left.
  • If the Newsgroups are collapsed, Click the "+" sign in front of the Newsgroups icon to expand the list.
  • Click a Newsgroup heading to see the postings in that group.
  • Double-click an item to read it.


Posting Messages

    Note:Only University Relations staff can post to the ipfw.News-Releases newsgroup.

  • Right click on the appropriate newsgroup
  • Choose New Discussion
  • Enter your subject line and the body of the message
  • Click the Post button.


Replying to Messages

  • Double click the message you wish to reply.
  • Click Reply.
  • Click Reply to selected subject for your reply to be posted to the newsgroup.
    Click on Reply privately to respond only to the poster.
  • Check the box Include message received from sender if you wish to include the original message.
  • Enter your message
  • Click Post if you had selected to post to the newsgroup or click Send if you are responding privately.


Retracting Messages

  • This can only be done for messages you have created.
  • Deleting a message will only delete it from your account. It will not delete it for everyone. You have to cancel the post to have it removed from the server.
  • Right-click your post and choose Cancel Post.
  • Note: If you just posted the message, you will have to right click on the appropriate newsgroups and choose send/retrieve to see your message.
  • If you had already deleted (not canceled) the message, you can get it back by right-clicking the folder it was in and choosing Reset. Then right-click the folder and choose Sent/Retrieve. All messages will be retrieved, including yours. You can now select the message and cancel (retract) it.


Automatically Purging Read Messages

    Once read, each newsgroup message becomes a saved message in your mailbox, like any incoming message. (Unread newsgroup messages are only links to the actual message). To avoid accumulating these old messages, you will need to either manually or automatically delete them. To automatically remove them after n-days:

  • Right-click your master NewsGroups folder
  • Click Properties
  • Click the Advanced tab
  • Check the Remove messages more than n days old option and enter the number of days desired.

    • Newsgroup Properties

  • Once you delete a posting (automatically or manually), you will not see it anymore. The next time you check IPFW Newsgroups only the most recent messages will download unless you choose Reset from the Right-mouse menu.
  • You can also delete individual messages by right clicking on the message and selecting Delete.


Subscribing to Additional Newsgroups

  • Right click on your NewsGroups link in GroupWise
  • Select Subscribe to Newsgroups...
  • Search for and then select the newsgroups you wish to add and click the Subscribe button (NOTE: clicking on the New tab will show all the new groups and is the quickest way to add a newly created newsgroups)
  • You can read any newsgroup using GroupWise.
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