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News Server Settings
News Server Information on
SFB1, 2, 3, 5 & 7:
Server Address: news.surfbest.net
Login: Your SurfBest login (example:sfb0000@world.net)
Password: Your login password
News Server Information on SFB4 & SFB8:
News Server: news.sfb4.net or news.sfb8.net
Username: Your SurfBest login (example:sfb0000@sfb4.net)
Password: Your login password
News Server Information on SFB6:
News Server: news.o1.com (that is the letter o and not a zero)
No authentication needed.
News Server Information on SFB11,12,13,15 &
SFB16:
News Server: news.surfbestisp.net
Username: Your SurfBest login (example:sfb0000@spring.net)
Password: Your login password
News Server Information on SFB14:
News Server: news.sfb14.net
Username: Your SurfBest email address (example:email@surfbest.net)
Password: Your email password
News Server Information on SFB18:
News Server: news.sfb18.net
Username: Your SurfBest login (example:sfb0000@sfb18.net)
Password: Your login password
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Outlook Express Configuration
Open Outlook Express
Click on Tools, Accounts, the News Tab, Add News.
Enter your name, and click next.
Enter your email address, and click next.
Enter the server name. (see left)
Check the box "My news services requires login", click next
For the Account Name, enter: (see left)
For the Password, enter: (see left)
Click next.
Click finish and you're done!
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Netscape Configuration
In
Netscape, go to Tasks, then choose Mail.
Then go to Edit and choose Mail/News Account Settings.
Once in there, choose New Account at the bottom.
From the list of choices, choose Newsgroup Account.
Click Next.
Type in your name in the "Your Name" field.
In the Email Address field, type in the e-mail address that you’d like
people to reply to. Click Next. It asks you to enter the name of the news
server (NNTP).
Enter Server: (see left)
Then click Finish.
To see what newsgroups are available to you, in the Mail section of
Netscape, go to File, then Subscribe. Click Refresh if needed.
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