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Posted by Laura on March 31, 2008, 1:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options My personal belief is if you are going to get involved with newsgroups then
the only way to read and reply to them is by using a newsreader software. It
does require having access to a newsgroup server but there are free and low
cost newservers available. Webnews like google groups just does not cut it
for me. ymmv
> Actually you can get an RSS feed into Windows Mail (and probably other
> software) out of Google Groups. I did it and I didn't like it. The
> main issues I had is that I needed to log into Google Groups if I wanted
> to post a reply and I prefer to not have my Google Account listed, nor
> did I want a throw away account plus not enough of the message was
> displayed. I did take me to Google Groups automatically if I wanted to
> see more of the message or post a response.
>
> There is an add-in for Outlook 2007 where I get Newsgroup feeds into
> Outlook - much like Windows Mail. The license is $24. I am using it on
> a trial basis for 30 days. I like it so far as it means that I don't
> have to jump to a separate application. More information can be found
> here: www.mapilab.com/outlook
>
> Oilcan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura [mailto:invalid@sample.invalid]
> Posted At: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:51 AM
> Posted To: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken
> Conversation: Subscription
> Subject: Re: Subscription
>
> And that is a correct response. This is a newsgroup. Newsgroups do not
> do
> RSS feeds.
>
> Your choices are to stick with the browser method or configure a
> newsreader
> software (outlook express/windows mail, Thunderbird, Forte Agent, to
> name a
> few) to access the newsgroup on the athenanews.com server.
>
>> For rss, I have tried
>> http://www.rockryno.com/quicken/1.htm
>> alt.comp.software.financial.quicken
>> http://alt.comp.software.financial.quicken.htm
>>
>> And some other variations on these themes. Each time I receive a
> message
>> about "...is not a valid rss feed."
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> Laura wrote:
>>
>>> Are you using Windows live mail or your browser to post these
> messages?
>>
>>> I would look at my second link and setup Windows Live mail with the
>>> information provided.
>>
>>>> If I am posting using athenanews.com, I am unaware of how. I am
>>>> using my
>>>> Rockryno.com membership. Secondly, I can use RSS feeds with one of
>>>> the
>>>> other groups on this site, but not this one. I do not understand.
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------
>>>> Laura wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Looks like you figured how to get here. You are posting using
>>>>> athenanews.com. According to this page
>>>>> http://athenanews.com/cgi-bin/news_search.pl?query=quicken
>>>>> they carry
>>>>> this
>>>>> newsgroup.
>>>>
>>>>> This page will get you started in setting up an account in
>>>>> WLM:
>>>>> http://athenanews.com/members/. I don't believe that the
>>>>> newsgroups are
>>>>
>>>>> available via RSS feed.
>>>>
>>>>> message
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do I need to do to read this group in either my News
>>>>>> Reader
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> Windows Live Mail or as an rss feed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right now I cannot get either method to work for me. I
>>>>>> briefly had
>>>>>> the rss
>>>>>> feed working but then it stopped for days. I finally
>>>>>> deleted it
>>>>>> and have
>>>>>> been trying to add it again but I keep getting a message
>>>>>> that it
>>>>>> is "not a
>>>>>> valid feed."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A few years ago I participated in this news group with a
>>>>>> membership to
>>>>>> many news groups through my ISP. My current ISP does not
>>>>>> have a
>>>>>> news group
>>>>>> offering. I miss this news group. I understand that I can
>>>>>> read it
>>>>>> Online
>>>>>> on the Web now but I prefer being able to check the topics
>>>>>> offline
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> mark some as watched, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also cannot seem to use the contact form, although I do
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> Java
>>>>>> running. I am using Mozilla Firefox most of the time, but
>>>>>> I did
>>>>>> try
>>>>>> Internet Explorer with this site, too. Still didn't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Merrily
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
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>>>>>> Tax and Accounting Software Forums
>>>>>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>>>>>> alt.comp.software.financial.quicken - 12887 messages and
>>>>>> counting!
>>>>>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
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>>>> Tax and Accounting Software Forums
>>>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>>>> alt.comp.software.financial.quicken - 12926 messages and counting!
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>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.rockryno.com/quicken/1.htm
>>
>>
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Newsgroup Access Courtesy http://www.rockryno.com/
>> Tax and Accounting Software Forums
>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>> alt.comp.software.financial.quicken - 12947 messages and counting!
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>
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