On 7/5/2011 3:39 PM, news wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> With the help of a friend who is a computer programmer, I am trying to
>> set meself up with http://forteinc.com/agent/
>>
>> My friend tells me he cannot get any of the news groups I gave him to
>> work there. Perhaps it is because I gave him incomplete addresses?
>> For rfc I gave him only rec.food.cooking - is there more to the
>> address here than just the dotted-rfc?
>> Thanks for help, the wanting to leave google one, Picky
>
> What newsserver are you using, and do you have the right user name and
> password for it?

Just a thought. When I got Thunderbird, I didn't find rec.food.cooking
either ... then I thought to look for a folder labeled just rec. Click
on that and you might find the newsgroup in there.

nancy