How to set up Free Agent Newsreader
If needed, obtain
Free Agent from Forté Inc. (make sure to download FREE
Agent, as it costs nothing to use it. If you need yEnc support,
then you'll want to use the paid version).
- Install
into the directory of your choice ( i.e. C:/program files/agent/
).
- Create
a directory for the decoded attachments to go to.
(
i.e. C:/Download/ ).
- Start
Free Agent .
- Select
from the Options menu General Preferences.
- Configure
your User Information profiles.
- Select
the User tab.
- Complete
all fields with the appropriate information.
- Check
Server Requires Authorization Login.
- Enter
your News Username (subscription ID#).
- Check
Remember Password Between Sessions.
- Enter
your News Password.
- Configure
your NNTP News server address and SMTP E-Mail Host.
- Select
the System tab.
- In
the space for News server enter: NEWS.My-Binaries.com
or one of our other server names. (This can be changed anytime)
- In
the space for Mail server enter the name of your services mail
server. (For example: mail.yourserver.com) If you do
not have this information, this field can be left blank; it
is needed only for e-mailing replies directly to the sender
of a posting.
- Click
OK.
- Refresh
your groups list.
- From
the Online menu select Refresh Groups List.
- Select
Delete All Extinct Groups.
- Click
OK.
This
process may take some time depending upon the speed of your connection.
- Subscribe
to frequently viewed groups.
- Select
desired group.
- From
the Group menu select Subscribe.
The
subscribe group will show a newspaper icon if subscribed to.
- Repeat
this procedure for all desired groups.
- To
show only the subscribed groups:
- From
the Group menu select Show then select Subscribed
Groups.
- Get
messages in a group
- From
the Online menu select Get New Headers in Selected
Groups
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