k12.ed.math Faq-O-Matic: What is Usenet? What are newsgroups?

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	Usenet is a collection of newsgroups. Newsgroups are discussion forums. Often Usenet refers only to the "Big Eight" hierarchies: comp, humanities, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, and talk. While k12.ed.math is a newsgroup in the k12 hierarchy, it still operates by the usual Usenet conventions and is transported through the same network systems. So, for all practical purposes, it is part of Usenet. A newsgroup is not a mailing list or a listserve. It is a public forum where participants post articles which are addressed to the entire group, not to an individual. These articles are not delivered to your mailbox via e-mail. They are posted to a newsserver. You use a newsreader to retrieve the articles. Usually you retrieve only the articles you are interested in, instead of having to receive all of the articles in the group. Here are some good sites with more information about Usenet: http://www.faqs.org/usenet/ http://www.newsreaders.com/ http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ http://www.malibutelecom.com/yucca/usenet/ 2003-Mar-01 2:45am kem-moderator
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