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<chapter id="usenet">
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<title>Usenet News</title>
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<para>Usenet newsgroups are forums in which you can post messages to discuss
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various topics: almost any subject you like (and many you don't!) can
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be found there. Although usenet has become less popular than it once
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was, because of the increasing use of web forums, &etc;, it is still a
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useful tool. &tde; provides a powerful usenet news reader called &knode;.</para>
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<para>You can find &knode; in the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> Menu under the
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<guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu> entry: the menu entry
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<guimenuitem>&knode; (News Reader)</guimenuitem> launches the program.</para>
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<para>The main window of &knode; should now be displayed on your
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desktop as shown; on the first start, the settings dialog will be
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invoked.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Setting up &knode;</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="knode-start.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&knode; after first start</phrase>
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</textobject>
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<caption>
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<para>&knode; after first start</para>
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</caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<sect1 id="knode-setting-your-identity">
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<title>Personal settings</title>
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<para>The first page of the settings dialog is for personal settings: </para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Dialog for entering personal information</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="knode-identity.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Entering personal information</phrase>
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</textobject>
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<caption>
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<para>Entering personal information</para></caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<guilabel>Name</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>In the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>, enter your name. This
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name will later appear in the newsgroups as sender, and can be seen by
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anyone.</para>
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<para>Filling out the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel> is
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mandatory.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<guilabel>Email address</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The email address you enter here will be used as sender in news
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articles, &ie; as actual address of the author, in conjunction with
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the real name (set in the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>).</para>
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<para>Filling out the <guilabel>Email Address</guilabel> field is
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mandatory.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="knode-setting-the-news-account">
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<title>Configuring the news account</title>
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<para>Now we must tell &knode; about where we get the news from or
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where to send the articles to later on. In the list on the
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right, there is an <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> entry; click on it and choose the
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<guilabel>Newsgroup servers</guilabel> tab, because we first want to configure
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the news account: the list of accounts is still empty.</para>
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<para>To create a new account click on <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>. The
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following dialog appears:</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="knode-news-account.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</phrase>
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</textobject>
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<caption>
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<para>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</para>
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</caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Name</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <guilabel>Name</guilabel> field can be filled in as you
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like; the text you enter will later be visible in the folder view. You
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could, for example, enter the name of your Internet Provider; for our example we
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enter the name <userinput>My News Account</userinput>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Server</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The next field is labelled <guilabel>Server</guilabel>. Unlike
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the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>, what you enter here is important.
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The name of the news server is fixed and you should be able to get it
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from your Internet service provider; if you do not know the name of
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the news server, you should get it now: without this information you
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cannot read any news. If your Internet service provider doesn't own a
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news server you can use a public one (universities often provide
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public news servers.)</para>
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<para>For our example configuration we enter the name
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<userinput><systemitem
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class="systemname">news.server.com</systemitem></userinput>; you will,
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of course, enter the real name of your news server.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Port</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>You probably will not need to change this from the default in most
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cases.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="knode-setting-the-mail-account">
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<title>Setting up the mail account</title>
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<para>Sometimes you need to answer to the author of an article
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directly, without posting to the newsgroup; for example, when you want
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to make a very personal comment or want to correct an error. If you
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want to do this, select the <guilabel>Mail Server (SMTP)</guilabel> tab. The
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following dialog box appears:</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Dialog Box for setting up the mail account</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="knode-mail-account.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Setting up the mail account</phrase>
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</textobject>
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<caption>
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<para>Setting up the mail account</para>
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</caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Server</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The name (address) of your mail server as provided by your
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Internet service provider or system administrator; all you have to do
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here is enter the mail server's name in the
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<guilabel>Server</guilabel> field.</para>
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<para>In our example we enter <userinput><systemitem
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class="systemname">mail.server.com</systemitem></userinput></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Port</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Again, you probably will not need to change the
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<guilabel>Port</guilabel> setting.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para>The comp.windows.x.kde newsgroup is the main user
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support group for &tde; on usenet. You can find other resources for
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getting help with &tde; in <xref linkend="getting-help"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://gmane.org">Gmane</ulink> provides a
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usenet frontend to many mailing lists, including most of the &tde;
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lists, so you can read them with &knode;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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