No Warning if Newsgroup Name Changed in Outlook Express

 Last reviewed: October 16, 1997
Article ID: Q175230
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you create newsgroups in Outlook Express, you can change the name of the newsgroup account and news server. When you do this, you receive no warning message that you are about to change the newsgroup subscription. Therefore, when you refresh the list of newsgroups, the list is empty and you receive a message stating that the server could not be found.

RESOLUTION

Verify the name of the news server and news account. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

  2. Click the News tab, click the newsgroup you want to verify, and then click Properties.

  3. Verify the name of the news account listed on the General tab.

  4. Click the Server tab, and then verify the name of the news server.

NOTE: You can change the name of the news account and still download newsgroups as long as the name of the news server is the original newsgroup to which you subscribed.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. 

Keywords          : outexnt outexw95 kbenv kbtool
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: October 16, 1997
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