SeaMonkey (English)
From Albasani
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Account Configuration
Open the windows called "Mail & Newsgroups".
The account wizard will pop up if you have no account configured yet.
Otherwise start the wizard through the menu:
Edit → Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings...
Add Account...
New Account Setup
Activate "Newsgroup account", then click "Next".
Identity
Enter appropriate values for "Your Name" and "Email Address". These two fields are published with sent messages. According to the Terms of Use the email address must be valid and at the user's disposal. The top level domain (TLD) "invalid" may be used for the From: address, e.g. foobar@invalid.invalid.
Server Information
news.albasani.net is the usual setting. See SSL and alternative ports for other possibilities.
Account Name
The account name can be chosen freely, the server name is only a suggestion.
Congratulations!
The line "Outgoing User Name" has no meaning. SeaMonkey builds that value out of the email address. It is never used, though.
Subscribe News Groups
In the folder lists you should now have an entry for the news server. Select it, then chose menu item File → Subscribe...
Username
Fill in the value of "Username:" from the email reply of your account registration.
Saving Passwords
Subscribe
Click on "Refresh".
Password
SeaMonkey will now open a connection to server, authenticate, and download the list of available newsgroups.
