Add a New Image Collection
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Add a New Image Collection
Newgroup server
At the first page of the New Collection Wizard, you have the news server configuration. Here is where you must enter your newsgroup server information.
Server
This is the newsgroup server host name. This can be either an IP address like 192.168.0.1 or a name like newsgroups.bellsouth.net
Login name
This is the news server account user name. If the news server you are connecting to requires a user name, enter it here.
Password
This is the news server account password. If the news server you are connecting to requires a password, enter it here.
How to find a newsgroup server
Most common ISP (internet service providers) have their own newsgroup server or they use external servers like Giganews. In these cases, you can use your ISP account username and password to sign into the newsgroup server. This should be the same username and password that you use for your email accounts.
Here is a list of newsgroup servers for popular ISPs Usenet newsgroup servers. This list can help you find the address of your newsgroup server or you can check with your ISP directly.
Select a Group
The second step is to tell NIC what news groups to search. Click the Add button to view all the newsgroups on the server. After the list has loaded, you can use the find feature to search the group names for keywords. Check the groups you want to search and click Ok. You will now see the selected groups in this screen.
Choose a folder
This is the path on your computer where you would like to store the downloaded images. You can type in the path in the directory field or click the browse button to select a directory.
Name this collection
This is where you name the collection you are about to create. You can create as many collections as you like, so it is useful to give this collection a unique name.
Save and continue editing with advanced features
If you check this box, you will save your new collection and open the site edit options. The site edit options allow you to specify more advanced search criteria.