 Download
Agent |
Download Free Agent from the following site: http://www.forteinc.com/agent/download.php
Run the downloaded file, and follow the instructions to setup
Free Agent. After setup, follow the following steps to setup
Free Agent.
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| Configuring
Agent |
Open Agent and select the "Groups/Folders" tab:
Select the "Options" option and select "User and System
Profile":
Select the "User" tab and click on the "Login with
a username and password" option. Fill our your username
at the "Username" field:
Click to select "Remember Password between sessions"
and fill out your password in the "Password" field:
Select the "System" tab:
Enter "news.astraweb.com" in the "News Server"
field. Then click the "OK" button:
Free Agent is now setup with your username/password and our
server. You can now login to our server.
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| Getting
the list of newsgroups from our server |
Select the "Online" option and select "Get New
Groups":
Please wait up to 5 minutes for all the groups to be downloaded.
You only need to do this once.
Once your software has downloaded all the newsgroups, it will
look like the following screen. You can double-click on any
groups that interests you:
When you double-click any of the groups for the first time,
you will be prompted with the following screen. Select "Get
All Message Headers":
Please wait a few minutes for the articles to be downloaded.
You will be presented with a similar screen of articles. You
can then read the articles or download the attachments:
These steps are intended to help you get started quickly. They
are not the instructions for full usage of Free Agent. Please
refer to the Free Agent Manual or the Free Agent Help function
for more advanced usage & features.
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