1. Open Windows Live Mail by either selecting the “Windows Live Mail” icon from the Windows “Desktop” or by selecting the “Windows Live Mail” icon from the “Start” menu (known as the “Windows” menu in Vista and Windows 7).
   
2. In the Windows Live Mail window, select "Newsgroups” on the bottom left-hand corner of your screen, then select “Add newsgroup account” from the menu above.
   
3. The newsgroup setup wizard will ask for a "Display name". Enter your name as you would like it to appear when people view your newsgroup postings. When you are finished, click "Next".
   
4. In the box labeled "E-mail address", enter your username followed by "@ptd.net" in all lower case letters. When you are finished, click "Next".
   
5. In the box labeled "News (NNTP) server", enter "usenet.ptd.net" in all lower case letters, without the quotation marks. Place a check in the box below labeled "My news server requires me to log on", and click "Next".
   
6. In the boxes labeled "E-mail username", and "Password", enter the username and password for the account you will be using to access the Usenet server. Click "Next" to continue.
7. Standard accounts (Dial-up, cable modem, and DSL) must use their complete PenTeleData e-mail address as their username (i.e. Username: johndoe@ptd.net) and the corresponding password to login to the PenTeleData Usenet server.
8. If you have an "Individual Usenet Account" or "Commercial Usenet Account", you must use the Usenet login and password that was assigned to you. Please ensure that you are using your "complete" login including "@ptd.net" (i.e. Username: news00000005@ptd.net).
   
9. The following screen will appear, it will automatically check determine and if the server supports the "Communities feature."
   
10. Click the "Finish" button to exit the account setup wizard.
    
11. A "Windows Live Mail" dialogue box will now appear asking you if you would like to view available newsgroups.
    
12. If you chose "Yes", then Windows Live Mail will search and list every available forum on usenet.ptd.net. At this point you will also be able to edit your Microsoft Communities settings from the "Manage Newsgroups" window.
    

Note: The “Microsoft Community feature is a listing of Microsoft Newsgroup forums. For more information regarding Microsoft Communities, please visit microsoft.com  and search for keywords "Microsoft Communities".