news://news.* protocol

thank you, Ramesh. I should of mentioned that I've done that already.
It is set to my preferred news program (Thunderbird).

-matson



Ramesh [MVP] wrote:

> Open Internet Explorer
> Click Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab
> Select the preferred program as your default news reader (Newsgroups)
>

Hi David,

You may try this question here:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/

Enquire about the news: protocol / command settings for Thunderbird.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"David Matson" <david-matson@comcast.net> wrote in message news:ebaL2Vj7EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
thank you, Ramesh. I should of mentioned that I've done that already.
It is set to my preferred news program (Thunderbird).

-matson



Ramesh [MVP] wrote:

> Open Internet Explorer
> Click Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab
> Select the preferred program as your default news reader (Newsgroups)
>

thank you. I am currently trying this in both a microsoft and in the
mozilla forums. since it works fine for other users of Thunderbird
(Mozilla) on WinXP, it seems to be a problem with my windows settings...
thus I am asking in this microsoft forum how to set a news protocol
handler. I notice that in Folder Options | File Types, that there is no
"(None) URL:News Protocol", and that there does not seem to be an
implementation to create a new one using the "New" button at that
screen. I do not need help with the 3rd party application; I just need
generic help on how to use my WinXP system to fix this system problem.
Even by setting the default news client (internet options | Programs
tab) to OE, links (in IE or Thunderbird) are not opened in OE... So this
is NOT a Thunderbird problem. Using SysInternals' RegMon, I can see
that there is a registry entry for mailto:// links when clicked on, but
that there isn't for news:// links. Again, thank you for your support.
If you can post what I should do to set the News Protocol handler (and
not just the default client), I'll do my best to follow them. I should
be able to follow them. I know that this was a little long, but I felt
I needed to clarify.

-david

Ramesh [MVP] wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> You may try this question here:
> http://forums.mozillazine.org/
>
> Enquire about the news: protocol / command settings for Thunderbird.
>

David,

The reason why I redirected to Mozilla support is that they should be knowing the command-line parameters for Thunderbird (if any)

Example: Outlook Express uses this command-line for news:
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /newsurl:"%1"


Now, because you're telling that there is no "URL : News Protocol" in the File types dialog:

1. Type "regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll" in Start/Run. This create the default URL:News Protocol framework. Then select TBird from IE Options

-or-

2. From a working XP system, export the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news

Then, import the REG file to your system.

-or-

3. Apply the REG file which I've attached here with. This creates the URL: News Protocol entry, but sets OE as the default news reader. You can change it to Thunderbird using IE Options again.

<Attached : news.reg>


If this helped, post back which of the above helped!

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"David Matson" <david-matson@comcast.net> wrote in message news:uOjJD7n7EHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
thank you. I am currently trying this in both a microsoft and in the
mozilla forums. since it works fine for other users of Thunderbird
(Mozilla) on WinXP, it seems to be a problem with my windows settings...
thus I am asking in this microsoft forum how to set a news protocol
handler. I notice that in Folder Options | File Types, that there is no
"(None) URL:News Protocol", and that there does not seem to be an
implementation to create a new one using the "New" button at that
screen. I do not need help with the 3rd party application; I just need
generic help on how to use my WinXP system to fix this system problem.
Even by setting the default news client (internet options | Programs
tab) to OE, links (in IE or Thunderbird) are not opened in OE... So this
is NOT a Thunderbird problem. Using SysInternals' RegMon, I can see
that there is a registry entry for mailto:// links when clicked on, but
that there isn't for news:// links. Again, thank you for your support.
If you can post what I should do to set the News Protocol handler (and
not just the default client), I'll do my best to follow them. I should
be able to follow them. I know that this was a little long, but I felt
I needed to clarify.

-david

Ramesh [MVP] wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> You may try this question here:
> http://forums.mozillazine.org/
>
> Enquire about the news: protocol / command settings for Thunderbird.
>