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   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   R.Wieser  wrote:   
   > Frank,   
   >   
   > > I don't know if it still works in Outlook Express (Rudy?).   
   >   
   > Yes, it does.  Both when clicking the news:// link inside a post, or when   
   > putting it into my webbrowser (FF 52) (which than handed it off to OE).   
      
     Thanks! Outlook Express rocks, but you already knew that! :-)   
      
   > I also tried to put your posts message-ID   
   > (10na0k5.jo0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net) after the news:// protocol   
   > header, but although OE tried, it told me that it could not find the server   
   > (ID-201911.user.individual.net).   
      
     No, for a message-ID, the format is  without the two   
   slashes, i.e. for my post:   
      
      
      
     With the slashes, it indeed expects a server. As mentioned in an   
   earlier post:   
      
   Format Examples   
   news:article-id@example.com (refers to a specific article).   
   (i.e. the format I gave)   
   ...   
   Optional Authority: A server can be specified (e.g.,   
   news://news.example.com/example.group), but if omitted, it defaults to   
   the user's configured news server.   
      
     I don't know by heart if a server without a group is also permitted,   
   i.e.   
      
   news://news.example.com   
      
     Anyway, as a MID contains a '@', but a server doesn't, the newsreader   
   could probably say something like  "wrong format, server expected".   
      
     Bottom line;   
      
      
      
   should work and I expect it to work in good old Outlook Express.   
      
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