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Source: Harley
Hahn's Master List of Usenet Newsgroups, What is Usenet?
http://www.harley.com/usenet/whatis-usenet.html
What
is Usenet? Usenet is a worldwide system of discussion groups
in which millions of people participate. There are tens of thousands of
different Usenet groups, and anyone on the Internet may participate for
free. Usenet was originally designed to carry local news between two universities
in North Carolina. For this reason, Usenet groups are often referred to
as "newsgroups", even though, today, they are used as public forums for
discussions. Similarly, Usenet itself is sometimes referred to as "the
News" or "Netnews". Within each newsgroup, people send messages, called
"articles", for other people to read. Once an article is sent to a group,
anyone in the world may read it.
How to
Access Usenet There are two ways to access the Usenet newsgroups.
The most
common way is to use a program called a "newsreader" found in most browsers.
With Internet Explorer, the newsreader is Outlook Express. With Netscape,
the newsreader is also a separate program that comes with the browser.
Before you
can use your newsreader, you must configure it by telling it the name of
the computer you will be using as a news server. Your Internet service
provider will tell you this name. If you have problems getting started,
they should be able to help you configure your newsreader.
There are
Web-based services that allow you to read and send Usenet articles for
free. With such a service, you only need a regular Web browser. If you
find yourself using Usenet a lot, it is better to learn how to use a newsreader.
However, for casual use, a Web-based service is fine.
Web
Based News Services:
Source: Topic
headings from Google Groups.
alt.
Any conceivable topic.
biz.
Business products, services, reviews.
comp.
Hardware, software, consumer info.
humanities.
Fine art, literature, philosophy.
misc.
Employment, health, and much more.
news.
Info about Usenet News.
rec.
Games, hobbies, sports.
sci.
Applied science, social science.
soc.
Social issues, culture.
talk.
Current issues and debates.
1. Google
Groups
2. Interbulletin
3. Mail
and News
4. Mailgate
5. News2Web
6. Newsranger
7. Newsville
(can use web or your reader)
8. Randori
9. WebNews-Exchange
10. Usenet
Replayer
NEWS GROUP
ARCHIVES:
The biggest
archive used to be Deja News
http://www.dejanews.com/
with over
50,000 groups and archives.
Deja no longer
exists and was taken over by GOOGLE in Feb 2001.
GOOGLE GROUPS
Google offers
complete 20-year Usenet Archive with over 700 million messages
Google
Classics
11 May 1981
Oldest
Usenet article in the Google Groups Archive
WorldWideWeb
- Executive Summary
Linus
Torvalds' post about his "pet project"
Feb 2001 Google
acquires Deja archive
11 Dec 2001
Google
offers 20-year Usenet Archive
More:
A
brief history and simple guide to newsgroups
Harley
Hahn's Master List of Usenet Newsgroups
Harley
Hahn's What is Usenet?
Moderated
Newsgroups FAQ
MISSING
PERSON NEWSGROUPS:
Military: Prisoners
of war, missing in action
alt.war.pow-mia
news:alt.war.pow-mia
People: Missing
adults
alt.missing-adults
news:alt.missing-adults
People: Missing
adults
alt.missing.adults
news:alt.missing.adults
People: Missing
children
alt.missing-kids
news:alt.missing-kids
Pictures: Missing
adults
alt.binaries.missing-adults
news:alt.binaries.missing-adults
Pictures: Missing
children
alt.binaries.missing-kids
news:alt.binaries.missing-kids
