Usenet newsgroups are forums in which you can post messages to discuss
various topics: almost any subject you like (and many you don't!) can
be found there. Although usenet has become less popular than it once
was, because of the increasing use of web forums, etc., it is still a
useful tool. KDE provides a powerful usenet news reader called KNode.
You can find KNode in the
Menu under the
entry: the menu entry
launches the program.
The main window of KNode should now be displayed on your
desktop as shown; on the first start, the settings dialog will be
invoked.
The first page of the settings dialog is for personal settings:
-
Name
-
In the field
Name
, enter your name. This
name will later appear in the newsgroups as sender, and can be seen by
anyone.
Filling out the field
Name
is
mandatory.
-
Email address
-
The email address you enter here will be used as sender in news
articles, i.e. as actual address of the author, in conjunction with
the real name (set in the field
Name
).
Filling out the
Email Address
field is
mandatory.
