there's a Mail button, but no News.

Don't waste your time reading newsgroups with a web browser. If
frustration is what you're into, let me introduce you to my
mother-in-law. For newsgroups, use a newsreader. (Like Outlook Express,
if you have XP. Or the Agent newsreader.)

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Removed.   If you want a button to open your Mail and News app, say OE,
drag the shortcut from your Desktop or Start menu to your Links directory.
In order to use the shortcut in the Links directory you may need to show it
as a button in your Links bar in IE.  E.g. it works for me there but does not
work as a menu item in Favorites.

FWIW I think it is a good thing that this sort of unncessary dependency has
been removed from IE.   People should learn to use their OS instead.
E.g. you could assign a keyboard shortcut to your Desktop icon and access
your Mail and News app that way.   Also, as a result of this change I became
more aware that my keyboard has a button called  Mail  which does exactly
the same thing even more conveniently.

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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