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   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/21 10:30:38, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   > On 2/20/2026 6:57 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> On 2026/2/20 23:0:4, Char Jackson wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:00:46 -0500, Paul  wrote:   
   >> []   
   >>>> Outlook   
   >>> Outlook Express. Outlook has no Usenet capability.   
   >> []   
   >> Mostly correct. However, on one setup I used (at work), it did: I think   
   >> it called the msimn.exe that was present. But - IIRR, it was well over a   
   >> decade ago, maybe two - it presented the news component as if it was   
   >> inside the Outlook hierarchy.   
   >>   
   > It was not msimn.exe.   
   >   Msimn was prior to Outlook Express and IE4, though Outlook   
   > Express(included with MSN Explorer 2.6 and with IE4 circa 1997) initial   
   > release for the most part was just a renaming msinm client as Outlook   
   > Express. Msimn(Internet Mail and News) was included in Win95 but not   
   > later and originally could be used(as an email and news client) in   
   > addition to Win95 Windows Messaging(mail only client, which was also a a   
   > rename or Windows Exchange[not to be confused with Exchange Server - and   
   > the reason for the rename to Windows Messaging).   
   >   
   > Outlook required Exchange Server(not available in commercial Win95-XP   
   > o/s) for newsgroups.   
   >   
   > The *news* connection you may be recalling in Outlook with Outlook   
   > Express was quite simple.   
   >   
   > Afaik, at one time an Outlook Express add-in was available but it only   
   > was a call to open Outlook Express for 'news'.   
      
   We had the full Outlook - calendar, all the rest, quite useful in a work   
   environment. Until some point, we also had news access - it included   
   some internal newsgroups, and at least some external.   
      
   > The most common and dependable version was a 3rd party add-in called   
   > MAPILab NNTP which provided a read/post news method within the main   
   > Outlook application(effectively using Outlook Express code as the   
   > vehicle to read/post).   
   >   
   That was the impression I got. I'd be surprised if the company I worked   
   for (anagram of messybeast) did things like that add-on, but maybe it   
   did; it obviously must have been running a newsserver, given the   
   in-house 'groups, so it may have.   
   >   
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