Our suggestion to you, is to make sure they are running a Secure Transaction Server before you give out your card number. Choose the larger sites when ordering, there are better chances that they will be running a secure type of transaction server. Browsers If you do not have the most current browser of your choice, then visit either Microsoft or Netscape's homepage and grab the newest versions of their browser. We suggest as well to stay away from the Beta products, those tend to have a lot of bugs and might cause problems with your system. News Newsgroups are a great resource because they relate to a specific subject and enable you to reply to messages within threads.
Threads are replies based on an original news message posted to a group.
Just like in the Windows Explorer, where you click, and it shows you the contents of a folder. Newsgroups are updated daily and will show your posted replies from the day previous. If you are using Netscape, this feature is built in. Once you have decided which news reader you will be using, you need to setup the default mail server that you will be using. You should not use a username and password, if you do the news service will not work.