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What is Usenet?An Introduction to Usenet News very in-depth review of what
Usenet newsgroups comprise of. Very easy to read with nice flow from
topic to topic. A must read for any newbie. Mib Software Usenet Rapid Knowledge Transfer Forrest provides
some good information regarding Usenet. Has links depending on the
visitor type (providers running news servers, developers writing software,
and end-users). He has developed some interesting Usenet applications
as well. Usenet is still a strange place Jan really goes in-depth describing
the history of Usenet. If were you really wondering how it all started,
this is an excellent read. A Teacher's Guide To Usenet a well-written synopsis of Usenet;
what Usenet is, the categories involved, and some basic rules. The Usenet Newbie Project A nice little beginners' guide written
by Markus Hanauska. A few broken external reference links, but overall
a useful site. Usenet II an interesting alternative for news server admins.
Apparently is a parallel Usenet network that runs under stricter guidelines;
in an attempt to 'clean' up Usenet (which is needs). Not sure if it's
still going as the site has a few dead links, and there doesn't appear
to be any recent developments since the late 90s. W-net : Everything You Wanted To Know About usenet Geocities-hosted
site detailing some lesser-known parts of Usenet; like understanding
the "structure" of Usenet articles (headers, formatting,
path, etc.) A Brief History and Simple Guide to Newsgroups a one-page
brief (and we mean 'brief') history of Usenet. Mentions BBS, ridiculously
slow (but was once considered fast) 2400 baud modems and mail forums.
He also has a decent MIDI page linked from this site. Site is hosted
on Tripod, so be prepared to be bombarded with spamvertisements and
popups galore. Usenet EtiquettePlaying Nice on Usenet Stan Brown of Oak Road Systems is definitely
no stranger to Usenet. Website provides excellent information on sticking-with-the-topic,
being polite, top-posting, use of fake emails, etc. Site is updated
often so the external links are useful and up-to-date. news.admin.net-abuse.email FAQ FAQs about unsolicted bulk
email. Has spamfighting overview, the evils of spam, and understanding
news.admin.net-abuse.email topics that are very in-depth and informative.
Discusses spam from both newsgroup and email perspectives. Excellent
site! The Net Abuse FAQ a lot of reading, but very comprehensive.
Discusses SPAM, multi-posting, SPAM cancelers, Breidbart Index, killfiles,
and how/where to complain about Usenet posts that are abusive. Material about Usenet one guy's thoughts on Usenet etiquette.
Discussing seven "don'ts" of Usenet, email responses to
posts, Vcard usage and his own 42 laws about Usenet. USENET wants to be free if we understood this site correctly,
its premise is that there's no such thing as abusing Usenet -- be
it spam, excessive cross-posting, flaming, etc. They define abuse
as physically trying to take down/crash/hack a newsserver. Makes for
interesting reading on the topic of free speech; judge for yourself. How To Use UsenetFinding the Appropriate Newsgroup only website we've seen
that really helps the lay-person determine what newsgroup to start
in, based on their topic of interest. It's not a complete list (as
admitted by author) but has some very nice links. Usenet Newsgroups, Internet easy-to-read guide regarding many
aspects of Usenet. Cleanly organized, making it easy to jump to topics
of interest. Internet FAQ archives archive contains Usenet Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) postings in HTML format and in text format.
Allows full-text, subject and header searches along with listings
of popular FAQs. FAQ: The Newsgroup Care Cancel Cookbook some interesting information
on how to cancel postings on Usenet. Use with caution :-) OTHER SITESNetscan Newsgroup Tracker per their website,"...provides
detailed reports on the activity of Usenet newsgroups, the authors
who participate in them, and the conversation threads that emerge
from their activity. Using the Netscan tool users can get reports
about any newsgroup for any day, week, month, quarter, or year, since
September 1999...". We've really never seen anything like this
site. Provides some really interesting information! Home of the Big-8 Management Board manages the largest group
hierarchies for Usenet. Responsible for adjusting and removing newsgroups.
This site is geared more for newsserver adminstrators than end-users. yEnc - Efficient encoding for Usenet and eMail the site that
began developing the alternative method of encoding binaries files
for uploading to Usenet. It won't make a lot of sense to newbies,
but read the FAQ and other links and you should get a good idea what's
it all about. GNKSA site dedicated to helping developers of newreader software
develop software the meets minimum standards for appropriately-behaving
software.. Usenet Addresses Service (MIT) a curious site; seems to have
archived the email addresses, names and organizations of users who
posted to Usenet between July 1991 and February 1996. Not sure how
useful, but certainly an interesting site. killfile.org not sure what to make of this site. Though we
like the 'dungeon' section where they've apparently 'incarcerated'
those involved in flame wars and other such activities. Seems to lean
more toward University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Usenet-related
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