1. Open Outlook Express by clicking:

Start – Programs – Internet Explorer – Outlook Express

If a "Connecting To ISLC" screen appears and attempts to dial, click Cancel

2.  From Outlook Express, locate the Menu Bar (below the Title Bar, which is the blue stripe across the top of the window). Click:
Tools -- Accounts -- which opens Internet Accounts; choose the News Tab

3.  Three columns are listed: Account – Type – Connection; highlight by clicking once on the Account name associated with the "news [default]" Type. Click Properties from the choices on the right.

4.  There are three screens which must be examined: General, Server, and Connection, as follows:

5. Select General.

1. The first available field asks for "a name by which you would like to refer to these servers." Choose a friendly name, for example, ISLC News.
2. The second area is User Information:

Name: type your real name in the usual way: John Smith
Organization: can be left blank
E-Mail Address: must be precise!! For example, jsmith@islc.net
Reply Address: must be left blank
Make sure a check appears next to: "Include this account when doing a full Send and Receive"

6.  Select Server.

1. Server name: news.islc.net
2. Check the box next to "This server requires me to log on"
3. [circle with a dot] Log on using:
   

Account name: you must have islcnet for the account name

Password: you must use zippo for the password (small x’s will appear instead of th actual password)

Note:  The account name and password of islcnet and zippo will grant you restricted access to the news system.  The restricted access will NOT allow subscribing to newsgroups which are explicitly pornographic in nature.  This is not a 100% guarantee that no pornographic material will appear in the newsgroups available through the restricted access login.  If you would like to have the unrestricted login, please email support@islc.net with your request.

[another circle] Make sure there is NO dot: Log on using Secure Password Authentication

7.  Select Connection: two blocks of information appear:

1. Connection: the dot must appear next to Connect using my phone line, unless, of course, you are that rare customer who is indeed using a local area network (LAN); If you don’t know, you probably are not.
2. Modem: Use the following Dial Up Connection: ISLC must be specified. If something else appears in this field, click on the down arrow at the end of this row, and the choices will appear.

8.  Click Apply, then click OK. If you don’t click OK, all of this work will be for nothing, because nothing will have been saved!