Directory: Top/Computers/Usenet

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/
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W-net : Everything About Usenet
An introduction to Usenet basics along with a partial list of Newsgroups. No longer maintained but the information provided is still relevant.
http://www.geocities.com/ski_usenet/
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Snoozenet
Tim Pierce's New's Hacking page. Includes links to RFC 977, 1036, son-of-1036.
http://www.newsreaders.com/misc/twpierce/news/
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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/
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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/
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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
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The Usenet Newbie Project
A global presentation of Usenet: how to access it, how to read posts, explanation of technical terms and acronyms.
http://tgos.org/newbie/
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Pi's Smiley List
A list of smilies used on Usenet.
http://piology.org/smiley.txt
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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/
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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
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