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   From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   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'.   
   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).   
      
      
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