Technical question

Hi, I was wondering if someone would enlighten me and let me know
what the "add cc" and "add followup to" is for in the boxes above
the postings box. And how they work.. thanks
sorry for being so dim.. Elly

A very good question and definately not a dim one ) I think this is what
they mean.......
Followup-To means you can post the exact some message to other newsgroups at
the same time you post to this one...ie. if you were asking a question that
could apply to several newsgroups, instead of having to log into each one
and type the same thing several time, you can click on the Followup-To and
choose the newsgroups from the list to post to.

The Cc means "Carbon Copy". If you'd like to send a carbon copy of your
post to someone's email address, then you'd either click on the Cc and
choose someone from your Address Book or just type the email address into
the field

Wendy in Nsw

"Elly" wrote in message
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Hi, I was wondering if someone would enlighten me and let me know
what the "add cc" and "add followup to" is for in the boxes above
the postings box. And how they work.. thanks
sorry for being so dim.. Elly

i presume the 'follow up' is only on google groups as a reply option, i've
never seen it before.
Elly,
i'm still confuddled why if you can read the group on OE, you cant reply
there?
did you try fixing your layout so the 'reply group' button shows at the top?
holler if i can help.
i suppose i could reply to you personally but for now will leave it here.

jeanne

"Lavenders@home" wrote...
A very good question and definately not a dim one ) I think this is what
they mean.......
Followup-To means you can post the exact some message to other newsgroups
at the same time you post to this one...ie. if you were asking a question
that could apply to several newsgroups, instead of having to log into each
one and type the same thing several time, you can click on the Followup-To
and choose the newsgroups from the list to post to.

The Cc means "Carbon Copy". If you'd like to send a carbon copy of your
post to someone's email address, then you'd either click on the Cc and
choose someone from your Address Book or just type the email address into
the field
Wendy in Nsw


"Elly" wrote...
Hi, I was wondering if someone would enlighten me and let me know
what the "add cc" and "add followup to" is for in the boxes above
the postings box. And how they work.. thanks
sorry for being so dim.. Elly

nzlstar* wrote:
i presume the 'follow up' is only on google groups as a reply option, i've
never seen it before.
Elly,
i'm still confuddled why if you can read the group on OE, you cant reply
there?
did you try fixing your layout so the 'reply group' button shows at the top?
holler if i can help.
i suppose i could reply to you personally but for now will leave it here.


Elly, are you definitely using outlook express, I don't myself, but I
did until recently, so what's confusing me is how you are jumping to a
website from reading the message in outlook express. There isn't such a
thing as a RCTQ site, it's a newsgroup, there is no central date
storage, if by website, you mean google groups, that's just one way of
accessing the group. When you're reading the group in outlook express,
you're not reading an email, you're reading a newsgroup message, looks
very similar, but only because that's how it's presented to you,
underneath they are very different as are what you can do with them, you
can't delete a newsgroup posting, you just make it invisible, you can't
move newsgroup postings to other folders.

When you single click on a message, the normal set up is that it shows
in the preview pane, the buttons across the very top of your display
then allow you to do the different things with it, whereas if you double
click on a message, it pops up in a new window and there is a reduced
set of buttons across the top of that window.

The default for outlook express is to group the messages by
conversation, if your's aren't groups, so it just looks like a list of
messages sharing a few different titles, you can change this setting in
one of the drop down menus, I think it's View, then Current View, it's
in a sub menu rather than the first level that opens up, you might need
to use the help facility to find it, then you should get a branching
kind of structure for the individual headers, so it's much easier to
follow a thread, though if there is many many layers it can get complex,
this group doesn't usually get too deeply nested. On the other hand
google groups can make it difficult to do this, it used to show the
thread structure by default at the side, I'm not sure it even makes that
available now.

Long term you'll find it's best to stick to one way of reading messages
and learn to use that way as best you can, unfortunately some news
servers are not that reliable, so if the one you are using is frequently
missing messages, you might find it easier to just stick with google
groups.

I'm still curious as to what link you are clicking and what it's jumping
you too.

Anne

I did reply to this but it's not showing up in the group
In reply to Jeanne's post, you can reply in OE news. I only use OE for my
newsgroups. In the old days I use to use Netscape news.
Here's my reply again..........see if it comes up this time.......this is
the thing John was talking about a wee while ago, postings not making it to
the group, disappearing into the ethernet!

A very good question and definately not a dim one ) I think this is what
they mean.......
Followup-To means you can post the exact some message to other newsgroups at
the same time you post to this one...ie. if you were asking a question that
could apply to several newsgroups, instead of having to log into each one
and type the same thing several time, you can click on the Followup-To and
choose the newsgroups from the list to post to.

The Cc means "Carbon Copy". If you'd like to send a carbon copy of your
post to someone's email address, then you'd either click on the Cc and
choose someone from your Address Book or just type the email address into
the field

Wendy in Nsw [trying again]

This is true, you can reply, just make sure you hit the "Reply Group" not
the "Reply" icon...........

Wendy in Nsw [packing the van, or should be]

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
i presume the 'follow up' is only on google groups as a reply option, i've
never seen it before.
Elly,
i'm still confuddled why if you can read the group on OE, you cant reply
there?
did you try fixing your layout so the 'reply group' button shows at the
top?
holler if i can help.
i suppose i could reply to you personally but for now will leave it here.

jeanne

"Lavenders@home" wrote...
A very good question and definately not a dim one ) I think this is
what they mean.......
Followup-To means you can post the exact some message to other newsgroups
at the same time you post to this one...ie. if you were asking a question
that could apply to several newsgroups, instead of having to log into
each one and type the same thing several time, you can click on the
Followup-To and choose the newsgroups from the list to post to.

The Cc means "Carbon Copy". If you'd like to send a carbon copy of your
post to someone's email address, then you'd either click on the Cc and
choose someone from your Address Book or just type the email address into
the field
Wendy in Nsw


"Elly" wrote...
Hi, I was wondering if someone would enlighten me and let me know
what the "add cc" and "add followup to" is for in the boxes above
the postings box. And how they work.. thanks
sorry for being so dim.. Elly

ssssssssssh, shes off for a good long holiday, yea right, oh well.
time for a stash raid, me heartys!!!!
snorfle,
jeanne

"Wendy" wrote...
This is true, you can reply, just make sure you hit the "Reply Group" not
the "Reply" icon...........
Wendy in Nsw [packing the van, or should be]

Thanks Wendy, I think I understand now... (that bit any how about the
Ccs and Follow ups and yes it's just shown on here not in my OE) .
have a good holiday.. Elly

"Lavenders@almostonthe road" wrote:
I did reply to this but it's not showing up in the group
In reply to Jeanne's post, you can reply in OE news. I only use OE for my
newsgroups. In the old days I use to use Netscape news.
Here's my reply again..........see if it comes up this time.......this is
the thing John was talking about a wee while ago, postings not making it to
the group, disappearing into the ethernet!

A very good question and definately not a dim one ) I think this is what
they mean.......
Followup-To means you can post the exact some message to other newsgroups at
the same time you post to this one...ie. if you were asking a question that
could apply to several newsgroups, instead of having to log into each one
and type the same thing several time, you can click on the Followup-To and
choose the newsgroups from the list to post to.

The Cc means "Carbon Copy". If you'd like to send a carbon copy of your
post to someone's email address, then you'd either click on the Cc and
choose someone from your Address Book or just type the email address into
the field

Wendy in Nsw [trying again]

Yukon is gassed and ready to go. Hitch is on for the trailer.

ANNNNNOOONNNYYYEEE MMMOOOOSSS

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
ssssssssssh, shes off for a good long holiday, yea right, oh well.
time for a stash raid, me heartys!!!!
snorfle,
jeanne

"Wendy" wrote...
This is true, you can reply, just make sure you hit the "Reply Group" not
the "Reply" icon...........
Wendy in Nsw [packing the van, or should be]

ack!!
we'll be needing your aqua-van or the hydroplane or perhaps tis time to dust
off the submarine. )
i await your arrival with bells on my toes.
jeanne

"Butterflywings" wrote...
Yukon is gassed and ready to go. Hitch is on for the trailer.
ANNNNNOOONNNYYYEEE MMMOOOOSSS

"nzlstar*" wrote...
ssssssssssh, shes off for a good long holiday, yea right, oh well.
time for a stash raid, me heartys!!!!
snorfle,
jeanne

"Wendy" wrote...
This is true, you can reply, just make sure you hit the "Reply Group"
not the "Reply" icon...........
Wendy in Nsw [packing the van, or should be]