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Configure a Proxy Connection to
use your Desktop Internet Connection to get Newsgroups
By Michael
Boone, Copyright 2001
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Here
is how to set up a proxy connection to access newsgroups through
your desktop Internet connection. If you are looking for
instructions to surf the Internet through the desktop connection
with Pocket IE, try clicking
here.
1.
You need a working ActiveSync connection to your Pocket PC.
If you can connect and synchronize, you are OK here.
2.
Download a proxy server program. My current favorite is AnalogX
proxy
(free).
3.
For newsgroups, download and install a copy of Ink
Spot CE
which is my personal favorite of the newsreaders. (See
reviews of all available Pocket PC newsreader software)
Remember, if you use PPCNewz or NewsPC, you don't need a proxy
setup, and I have been unable to get News Force to work with a
proxy.
4.
Install the proxy software to your desktop PC. AnalogX runs in the
system tray, and if you right click on the system icon and choose
"Configure," you will see the setup screen. Here
is where you enter the name of your news server. You can see that
my news server is news.in-touch.net. You will have to
contact your Internet provider to find your news server name, or
use the free msnews.microsoft.com server for the microsoft.public
groups.
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5.
Run Ink Spot CE on the Pocket PC. For setup options, enter
192.168.55.100 as your news server
on the Pocket PC device. DO
NOT
enter the real name of your news server. 192.168.55.100
points Ink Spot to the proxy software, and the proxy software then
points to the real news server you set up in the last
step. Under the connection tab on Ink Spot,
choose USB (if you sync via USB port).
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6.
You should be all set to download newsgroups. Choose the
newsgroups you want to read in Ink Spot and you are ready to
connect!
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