Topics: Computers : Usenet
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Traditional access to newsgroups, or discussion fora, requires newsreader software and access to a newsserver. Many ISPs provide access to a newsserver as partof their service package.
Etiquette
Usenet etiquette refers to practices of writing, contact, and behavior used in newsgroups (Usenet).
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FAQs
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. A FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Individual Group FAQs,
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Feed Services
This category lists Premium (ie Pay) Usenet Service providers. * For individual user accounts with web-based Usenet access see: "Computers/Usenet/Web_Based"
ISP Feeds,
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Hierarchies
Pages concerning particular hierarchies (regional hierarchies such as ba.* or uk.*, the big hierarchies such as the Big 8 or alt.*, and special interest hierarchies such as net.* or free.*).
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History
Usenet over the years rather than Usenet now.
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Individual Newsgroup Pages
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Each discussion forum is called a "newsgroup".
alt.devilbunnies,
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Moderation
For sites pertaining to moderated newsgroups. This includes information about how moderated newsgroups work, software and other utilities for maintaining moderated newsgroups, and issues related to moderating newsgroups.
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Newsgroup Creation
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Sites in this category explain how to create new Usenet newsgroups, or discussion fora.
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Newsgroup Directories
Sites which provide indexing, searching, and/or other tools that allow you to more easily locate an existing
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Newsgroup Hosting
Newsgroup hosting services are similar to Web hosting: for those who want to create a private newsgroup to discuss a particular topic, providers listed in this category offer various solutions.
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Public News Servers
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Traditional access to newsgroups, or discussion fora, requires newsreader software and access to a newsserver.
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Search
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Traditional access to newsgroups, or discussion fora, requires newsreader software and access to a newsserver.
NZB,
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Software
Any Usenet software that is neither a client (newsreader) nor a server is welcome in this category.
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Statistics
As there's no central point on Usenet, it is impossible to provide canonical statistics. However, having numbers such as the activity of authors, number of messages, amount of data posted for a given hierarchy or even Usenet as a whole from various points and comparing them usually gives a good idea on what's happening across Usenet.
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Web Based
Usenet, or Netnews, is a world-wide distributed discussion system. Traditional access to newsgroups, or discussion fora, requires newsreader software and access to a newsserver.
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