NEWSGROUP BASICS - on-line resources

FAQs for new users about using newsgroups are in:

• the newsgroup : news:news.announce.newusers
  
• or at the website:
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/news/news.announce.newusers.html

Archive of FAQs (Sorted indexes):

• Intro to news.answers
  /faqs/by-newsgroup/news/news.answers.html
• Index of newsgroups by hierarchy
  by hierarchy
• Index of newsgroups by archive name (big page 387K)
  by archive name
• Index of newsgroups by category (smaller page 26K)
  by category
• Alternate sites for FAQ files from the *.answers archives:
  are listed as links at: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/news-answers/introduction/section-5.html but some of the links are slow or discontinued.

Newsgroups about newsreader software

• news.software.readers
• alt.usenet.offline-reader
• alt.usenet.offline-reader.forte-agent
• comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news
• comp.sys.mac.apps

Information on Commercial Usage

A mailing list has been set up to assist those wishing to post commercial advertisements on Usenet in a responsible fashion.
Email your questions to commerce@acpub.duke.edu.