OT: My thoughts are with you

I think you are wrong.  Newsgroup posts never go through the email route.

Jimmy Alpha wrote:
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| check you have your smtp (outgoing server) correct, same as your
| email's smtp is what you need. 

"Jimmy Alpha" <jimmy_alpha@operamail.com> wrote in message
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> check you have your smtp (outgoing server) correct, same as your email's 
> smtp is what you need.

That is not true.  You are only asked for the news server name.