Newsgroups in Thunderbird

 This article details how to set up Mozilla Thunderbird to access Purdue Newsgroups.

• Start Thunderbird.  On the main Thunderbird Mail page, click “Create New Account”.

• Select the “Newsgroup account” option, then click “Next”.

• Enter  your name.
• Enter your email address.

• Click “Next”

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  Enter “news.purdue.edu” for the news server.

• Click “Next”.

• Enter a name for the newsgroup account.  Ex:   Purdue Newsgroups

   

• Click “Next”.
• Click “Finish”.

• Make sure that the newsgroup is selected in the left hand column of Thunderbird.
• Click “View Settings for this account.”
• Click on “Server Settings.”
• Make sure the Port is set to 119.

• The account is now set up to use for newsgroups.