Micro Focus Forum Access Options
There are 3 methods of accessing the Micro Focus Forum:
Web Browser
News Reader
Email
Web Browser
To access the Forum via your web browser, simply select one of the message boards from the COBOL Portal Forum menu page.
News Reader
Subscribing to a Micro Focus Forum Newsgroup
Subscribing to a Micro Focus Forum newsgroup is a three-step process, as described here.
Step One: Make sure you have subscribed to the Forum
You must be a subscriber/existing user of the Micro Focus Forum.
If you do not already have an ID and Password for the Micro Focus Forum follow the steps below:
- Go to http://www.cobolportal.com/microfocusforum/
- Select the Message Board you wish to join
- Follow the instructions on becoming a "New User"
Step Two: Adding the Micro Focus Forum news server
Newsgroups are distributed by news servers. The well-known public Usenet newsgroups are distributed by different news servers all over the world. News servers can also distribute newsgroups that are not part of Usenet. Micro Focus Forum newsgroups are distributed by a news server at the Micro Focus Forum site that hosts the conferences you want to participate in via your newsreader.
Before you can subscribe to a newsgroup, your newsreader needs to know where to find the news server that distributes the newsgroup. In Netscape's Communicator, you add a server. In Outlook Express, you create a new news account. See your newsreader for specific instructions. The newsreader needs at least the following information to connect to the news server:
- the domain name (which for the Micro Focus Forum is forum.microfocus.com ) of the computer running the news server (obtained from the Conference Profiles page
- the port number the computer uses for NNTP (news) communication. The Micro Focus Forum uses port 119.
- The username and password you use when logging into Micro Focus Forum via your browser. The server requires authentication when you connect (as described in the next step).
Step Three: Subscribing to newsgroups
Once you have added the Micro Focus Forum news server to your newsreader, you can connect to the server and subscribe to mailing lists. When you connect to the news server, you must authenticate yourself. Authentication requires the same username and password that you supply when logging in to the board through your browser.
Note
In some newsreaders, you can include your username and password when you add the news server. For example, Outlook Express's New Account Wizard lets you enter that information. In others, such as Netscape's Collabra, you are prompted for the information when you connect. On older newsreaders, you may have to include the username and password with the news server URL.
Once you are connected to the Micro Focus Forum news server, your newsreader should show you a list of all available newsgroups for that news server. Check the newsgroup names you noted from the Conference Profiles page if you're not sure which conference a newsgroup goes with. Subscribe to the individual newsgroups using the regular procedure for your newsreader.
Email
Subscribing to Conference Mailing Lists
Note that some conferences may not have mailing lists; setting up mailing lists is the choice of the Micro Focus Forum administrator, board manager, or conference moderator. If a conference does not have a mailing list, and you would like to receive email for that conference, contact the Micro Focus Forum administrator.
To subscribe to one or more conference mailing lists, follow these steps:
- Click More on the Micro Focus Forum menubar. The More Options menu appears.
- Click Mailing Lists from the menu. The Mailing Lists page appears.
- Check the box following the conference name to subscribe to its mailing list. Repeat for each conference you want to subscribe to. The name of the mailing list is in parentheses following the Conference name.
- To unsubscribe from a mailing list, uncheck the box.
- Click Save to complete the subscription process. Micro Focus Forum responds with a changes have been saved message. You will now start receiving email from the conferences you selected.
Note
To send email to Micro Focus Forum, the email address you put in your Micro Focus Forum user profile must exactly match the Reply-To email address used by your email program. If these addresses don't match, Micro Focus Forum will not let you post messages via email. The Reply-To address is sometimes called the Return Address.
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