Reading Threads in Newsgroups - narrow screen

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the thread screen in the middle of
each newsgroup is very narrow.

I have set my screen up to view only my threads as I have more questions
than answers. My thread screen was wider for awhile but now it's quite
narrow.

Pretty much all I can see is part of the subject, generally about 10
letters, how many posts there are - jammed up against the date which is
almost chopped off the edge on the right. There is no "expand" all threads,
page #, "Go", or arrow to the next page at the bottom of the screen. I tried
left clicking and holding the mouse on the line in the middle as it gave a
left to right arrow bar, but that didn't work - the question/answer message
screen on the left completely disappeared.

I have gone into other newsgroups and the thread screen is much wider - in
fact between the thread screen and the question/answer message screen I would
say that they are about equal.

Ideas???

Yvonne wrote:

> I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the thread screen in the
> middle of each newsgroup is very narrow.
(snip)

You are accessing this newsgroup from the web interface which is the
worst, clunkiest way to do it. Instead, use a real newsreader. Here is
information to help you with that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a Usenet newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource
if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for
Windows, but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin...ge=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Other newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org
http://gravity.tbates.org/
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Malke
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