Congratulations, it worked.  A couple of suggestions:

1. You can do all the testing you like in microsoft.public.test.here or in
microsoft.test
2.  Do not use your real email address when posting (you can change it in
Tools, Accounts, News tab...Properties.

There are test newsgroups. It is VERY impolite to post such messages
to a working technical support newsgroup!

Please inform your instructor and classmates that test posts should be
made to (say) microsoft.public.test.here rather than into a working
area for other busy people.

                 John W. Vinson[MVP]