Good advice from Chris there. One other thing worth noting is that you can 
specify whether or not to download the whole message or just the "headers" - 
headers just contain the title, who it was by and the date. I use this 
setting on newsgroups that have large files attached to them (for example 
povray.binaries.animations) - it will only download the whole message if you 
click on it which will save you a lot of time by not downloading things 
you're not interested in.

Hope this helps a little and a big welcome from another POV newbie :)

Regards,
Simon

"TheMightyZog" <Chr### [at] HotPOPcom> wrote in message 
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> "Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote:
>> "TheMightyZog" <Chr### [at] HotPOPcom> wrote in message
>> news:web.465a8762f42adeeff6e04e90@news.povray.org...
>> > However, my first silly question is how can I set up my 'account' with
>> > this
>> > group so that I get emails of all the postings instead of having to 
>> > logon
>> > all the time - just being a 'lurker' and listening should help me no 
>> > end.
>
>> There are step by step instructions on setting up Outlook Express at
>> http://www.povray.org/resources/newsgroups/oetut.php
>> If you are concerned about the connection time, you can mark certain
>> newsgroups for reading offline, which is good to help minimise the time
>> connected for dialup connections. Search for 'Reading News Offline' on 
>> the
>> OE Tutorial page.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Chris B.
>
> Thank you Chris, just what I wanted - I've never used a newsgroup before,
> only forums
>
>
>

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