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Questions tagged [newsgroups]

newsgroups are categories on the Usenet network

Newsgroups are categories in which electronic messages are posted and circulated on the Usenet network.

The major set of worldwide newsgroups is contained within nine hierarchies, eight of which are operated under consensual guidelines that govern their administration and naming. The current "Big Eight" are:

  • comp.* – computer-related discussions (comp.software, comp.sys.amiga)
  • humanities.* – fine arts, literature, and philosophy (humanities.classics, - humanities.design.misc)
  • misc.* – miscellaneous topics (misc.education, misc.forsale, misc.kids)
  • news.* – discussions and announcements about news (meaning Usenet, not current events) (news.groups, news.admin)
  • rec.* – recreation and entertainment (rec.music, rec.arts.movies)
  • sci.* – science related discussions (sci.psychology, sci.research)
  • soc.* – social discussions (soc.college.org, soc.culture.african)
  • talk.* – talk about various controversial topics (talk.religion, talk.politics, talk.origins)

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What is the current status of Usenet?

What is the current status of Usenet? What I mean is, do people still use it often? Is it as big as it once was? Basically, what's happened to it in the last two decades or so? I understand that Google Groups has something to do with it, but I'm…
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delete usenet message

How to delete message from usenet newsgroup?
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How to access Usenet postings from the earliest days of Usenet? (i.e. the 1980s)

Context I've been browsing through comp.lang.forth usenet posts and have found some fascinating gems such as this one here on minimal Forth implementations. Makes me wonder if it's possible to browse through the CLF postings in reverse order from…
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How exactly do usenet/nntp/newsgroups work?

I recently found a new way to share files, and I am curious about how exactly this may work. For example, I gained access to my ISP's nntp server. Is anything I see on my ISP's server stored on their servers and owned by them, or are they mixing in…
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who offers free rss feeds of the most recent usenet messages besides google?

Is there any site, besides groups.google, which offers a free rss feed of the most recent messages for any usenet newsgroup? I mean a service like the following: http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups/feeds
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Login to newsgroup with thunderbird3.0B2 for newsgroup that don't require login

I am trying to login to newsgroup(qt-interest) with thunderbird3.0B2. The problem is that the newsgroup allows users to read messages without password, but require a password to post a message. But because Thunderbird can read messages without a…
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How can I participate in NNTP newsgroups over a (HTTP) proxy?

My company restricts access to the outside via an (HTTP) proxy. My Firefox settings for the proxy are working (proxy address + port as well as "use this proxy server for all protocols"). However, if I use the same settings for the proxy in…
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Delete old usenet threads

Logged in at Google, I can delete old messages in Google Groups that were written by me. Is there a way to remove a complete thread that was opened by me (years ago) directly on the NNTP server that hosts this group? Where can I get informations…
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Google groups -> newsgroups?

I' news with the newsgroups, can we use google groups like a newsgroup (for read in thunderbird for example) ?
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Reading Usenet newsgroups on any computer

Is there any solution, beside Google Groups, to read Usenet groups (and post to them) from any computer? I am looking for something that is closer to a newsreader, with scores, mark-thread-as-read, ignore-thread, etc. I would like to be able to…
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command line newsreader?

Does anyone out there know of a good newsreader that has a command line interface? I really like newsleecher but it is all graphical - I'd prefer to be able to script my queries. EDIT #1: As I noted above, my intent was to script my queries. So in…
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How to creat a Newsletter sign up option in company website with Typo3?

I am new to the Typo3 backend environment and am trying to create a newsletter sign up page for our customers. I am not fully sure how to begin within the Typo3 environment. I am trying to install the necessary plugins and it gives me this warning…
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Do you know any free newsgroup hosts?

I want to start a news group. I cannot use Yahoo Groups or Google Groups because they both are only open to people who have Yahoo ID or Google Account. I want the group be open to anyone with any email service they may use. Do you know any such…
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Outlook Express 6 - How can I transfer newsgroup messages to a new PC

I use Outlook Express 6 to read newsgroups and had the messages from numerous servers downloaded on my PC. The PC became unbootable, but with all files intact, and now I want to migrate the existing messages to the new installation of OE6 on the…
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How to delete an obsolete RSS feed and newsgroup server in Thunderbird in Windows 10?

Problem exists in both versions 91.3 and 102.7 of Thunderbird running on Windows 10. I want to delete a discontinued RSS feed and a newsgroup server from Thunderbird. Selecting each and pressing “DEL“ doesn't delete them. Right-clicking each offers…
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