This will pop up when you run Xnews for the first time.

1. Enter news server name - enter the name of the news server that you will connect to.
Then this will pop up next.

2. Enter a name for you to identify it - this is just the name that you will identify that server by. In some cases, when there are multiple servers, each newsgroup window shows the nickname of the server and the name of the newsgroup. So just name this whatever will identify this server to you.

The Xnews Setup window should open automatically and be on the servers tab, you can also get to it by clicking Special on the top menu bar and choosing Setup Xnews.

After you enter news server info, the Xnews setup window pops up.

3. Enter Username and Password if necessary - if your server requires a Username and Password to login, enter it here.

If you will be using many servers, now is a good time to set them up, simply click the New... button on the bottom left part of the window. Then enter the server name and nickname (and Username and Password). Now click the Files tab (on top of the setup window).

After you click the Files tab this will show up.

4. Enter a download folder - this will be the default location for files that Xnews has downloaded and decoded.

Now click the Display tab (on top of the setup window).

After you click the Display tab this will show up.

5. Un-check these boxes - turn off Split Screen display by default and Expand all threads by default. It is important to do this to take advantage of Xnews' ability to sort, display, select and queue binary files. Now click on the Okay button on the bottom of the Setup Xnews window. We are all done with a generic functioning setup.