Program configuration for MT-NewsWatcher

Please make the following adjustments to use our news server:

Start MT-NewsWatcher.

If you have already used this program before and saved your preferences, you can make changes via the menu options Special->Personalities and Special->News Servers.

If you are using the program for the first time, you will be greeted by the following dialog:

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The next window asks for some basic settings. You need to enter the data for your connection.

Enter News.Individual.NET as your news server and specify a mail server. If you don't know which mail server to use, please ask your internet provider.

Then you are asked for your personal information. The e-mail address will be used in the "From:" header of your articles and is where people will send you private messages.

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After that, please go to Special->News Servers.

If you want to use an SSL-encrypted connection, check Use secure connection. The port should automatically change from 119 to 563.

Next, switch to the Authentication tab and enter the username and password from your registration e-mail. Make sure to check Always authenticate, as well as Save Password if desired.

Storing your account information in the news reader's configuration is a potential security risk. If you are unsure, please refer to our FAQ at http://news.individual.net/faq.php#1.6.

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This small empty window indicates that you have not subscribed to any news groups yet:

In case you do not see a bigger window titled "All Groups on News.Individual.NET", you can open it by choosing Windows->Show Full Group List->News.Individual.NET. This will get you a list of all hierarchies our server provides:

Now you can look for interesting news groups by either navigating through the tree of news groups ...

... or - if you already know the name of the news group - by searching for it by choosing Edit->Find... or hitting cmd+f.

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If you want to subscribe to a certain news group, just drag it over to the previously empty window:

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You can open a news group by double-clicking on it.

This window shows articles in a news group:

If you want to read an article, again just double-click the topic:

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Most probably, you do not want to lose all the news groups you subscribed to when you close MT-NewsWatcher, so focus the "Subscribed groups" window and choose File->Save As... to save them: