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Internet Software Consortium
An FTP site with archives of various Usenet related documents. Includes active files, control messages, list of Usenet hierarchies.
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/
Authoritative active file
Maintained by the Big Eight Moderation Team at isc.org. This active file is a complete and current list of newsgroups available. Not limited to the "Big 8" groups only.
ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active
About News-Posting, by J R Stockton
Explanation of Usenet terms and tips on how to write and post to Usenet.
http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/news-use.htm
Alternate Usenet TOP 1000
An alternate to the Freenix Top 1000 site.
http://news.anthologeek.net
Amiga Network News
Amiga newsgroup summaries.
http://www.ann.lu
Computer Partners
Brief explanation of newsgroups and instructions for using Netscape Navigator or Outlook Express for reading newsgroups.
http://www.compar.com/news/news2vs3.html
Finding the Appropriate Newsgroup
Lists of groups listed according to where to post common kinds of posts, where to read about common topics, and so on.
http://www.geocities.com/findnewsgroup/index.html
Free Advice on Usenet News
An editorial introduction to Usenet.
http://www.islandnet.com/~tmc/html/articles/usentnws.htm
Freedom Knights of Usenet
Dedicated to free speech, and its implementation on Usenet, an alternative point of view. Information about Usenet sites of Virtue and surviving UDPs.
http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet/
Jukka Korpela's Material about Usenet
Selection of links to material on Usenet. Editorials by Jukka explaining the workings of Usenet and the reasons for certain conventions.
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/
Kevin Butler's Simple Guide to Newsgroups
A brief history about the origin of newsgroups and tips on how to participate in newsgroups.
http://members.tripod.com/~Kevin_Butler/newsgroups.html
Links to Professor Timo Salmi's FAQ material
Timo Salmi has extensive advice on how to participate effectively in Usenet. Topics include: Proper quoting, proper signatures, how to respond to "crackpots", where to put test postings and other important topics.
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html
Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies
A complete list of newsgroup hierarchies and their descriptions.
http://www.magma.ca/~leisen/mlnh/
Mib Software Usenet Rapid Knowledge Transfer
Information about Usenet for users and developers.
http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/userkt.html
Netscan Newsgroup Tracker
Social statistics on Usenet groups including number of posts and crossposts.
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/
News Group Help.com
Subscription tutorials on how to download files from binary newsgroups, such as movies, mp3s and programs.
http://www.nghelp.com
news.groups.reviews Homepage
Submission guidelines and archived reviews from news.groups.reviews, a newsgroup carrying reader-written reviews of other newsgroups.
http://www.gweep.ca/~drabble/index.html
news2mail.com
Have the news from Usenet newsgroups delivered to your mail-inbox.
http://www.news2mail.com
Newsry
Similar to web hosting, hosts newsgroups accessible by connecting to newsry.com (or a client's domain name). Newsgroups can be private (password protected) or public, but are not necessarily distributed to other news servers.
http://Newsry.com/
pi's smiley list
Comprehensive list of smilies used on Usenet.
http://piology.org/smiley.txt
Rules for posting to Usenet
Brief introduction to Usenet and appropriate guidelines to follow for posting.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/
SmR-usenet
Usenet tutorials, FAQs, and reviews of usenet providers. Also providing free posting services via NNTP for text-only newsgroups.
http://smr-usenet.com/
Snoozenet
Tim Pierce's New's Hacking page. Includes links to RFC 977, 1036, son-of-1036.
http://www.newsreaders.com/misc/twpierce/news/
The Usenet Newbie Project
Learn everything about the Usenet in one place. How to access it, how to read posts, explanation of technical terms and acronyms and how to create your own Newsgroups.
http://tgos.org/newbie
Top 1000 Usenet Sites
Statistics on Usenet sites calculated by taking a sample of news articles on many sites. Participation open to all Usenet sites, no matter how small. Stats available through mailing list or on this site.
http://www.freenix.org/reseau/top1000/
Usenet Peering Page
Usenet providers and other organizations, who are running a Usenet server, looking for Usenet peers can enter their information on the website if they want to be contacted by others in the Usenet community.
http://peering.usenet.com
Usenet Replayer
Web-based Usenet tools, including news resources archive, news server search, posting and retrieving of Usenet messages, advertising products, and forgery cancellations. Free.
http://www.usenet-replayer.com/
User's Guide to the Changing Usenet
Explains how RFDs (Requests For Discussion) and CFVs (Call For Votes) can be used to change a Usenet newsgroup. Gives tips on how to stay abreast of changes in newsgroups and how to be an active participant.
http://cil-www.oce.orst.edu:8080/users.guide
W-net : Everything About Usenet
Usenet basics. Learn about newsgroups from scratch. Learn how to get banned Newsgroups. Partial list of Newsgroups.
http://www.geocities.com/ski_usenet
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