2Jacks.com - A Usenet binaries archive. Web based access to hundreds of newsgroups. Thumbnails are provided for each image. Subscription required.
About News-Posting, by J R Stockton - Explanation of Usenet terms and tips on how to write and post to Usenet.
Advertising on Usenet: How to do it, How not to do it. - Explains some Usenet conventions regarding advertising to new users.
Alternate Usenet TOP 1000 - An alternate to the Freenix Top 1000 site.
Amiga Network News - Amiga newsgroup summaries.
bCandid, Corp. - Offering several products for discussion software: Cyclone News Router, Typhoon News Server, Breeze News Server, and Twister Discussion Server. All products run on a Unix/Linux/Solaris type of operating system. Breeze is free.
Bubbanews - Web interface to the BubbaNews newsserver. Free access is available. More features are included with a subscription. NNTP access to the server is also supported, but requires a username and password.
Computer Partners - Brief explanation of newsgroups and instructions for using Netscape Navigator or Outlook Express for reading newsgroups.
CyberFiber Newsgroups - Searchable directory to newsgroups on the Internet.
Diablo - Open source newsfeeding and newsreading software. Runs on most flavours of Unix.
DNews - Usenet NNTP news server for most flavours of Unix, as well as Win9x/NT. Handles full newsfeeds while conserving system resources. Can use Suck feed option. Anti-spam features. Academic licensing also available.
Earthquake - A Unix based Usenet news router software package that sends and receives streaming nntp news feeds. Capable of handling several full bi-directional feeds, even with low end hardware.
EasyUsenet - Web based Usenet newsgroups with support for binary decoding, posting, and emailing articles.
ETIN Technologies - Offering a large selection of newsgroups. Requires user registration. Configurable preferences. Search newsgroups, read, browse, and post articles.
Europa.* - International newsgroups hierarchy for topics covering the continent of Europe.
FAQ you - A small collection of various FAQs.
Free Advice on Usenet News - An editorial introduction to 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.
Gigantic Usenet Binaries Archive - Web based access to usenet binaries (pictures and video) with searchable archives of all graphics content from binary Usenet newsgroups.
Godwin's Law FAQ - How to post about Nazis and get away with it -- explains "Godwin's Law".
Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval - Standards for Usenet software. If software authors design software that conforms to these standards, Usenet participants would more naturally conform to standard netiquette.
Google Groups - Google's Usenet section, formerly Deja.com. Contains a 20-year archive with over 700 million messages.
Hamster - Small NNTP server for Windows 95/98/NT. Free beta-software. Mailing list support.
How to become a Usenet site - Periodic posting about the basic steps involved in configuring a machine to store USENET news.
INN: The InterNetNews Package - Complete Usenet system. De-facto standard for handling news routing, news spool and serving the spool to customers. Free. Available for various versions of Unix from the Internet Software Consortium. How-To's and mailing lists.
InterBulletin - Free Web Newsreader for Usenet Newsgroups - Access to Usenet newsgroups through your web browser. Read and post articles. Small list of available newsgroups, but site administrators will accept requests for newsgroups to be added.
Internet Software Consortium - An FTP site with archives of various Usenet related documents. Includes active files, control messages, list of Usenet hierarchies.
Italia.* Usenet hierarchy - List of sites carrying Italia.* hierarchy. Config files for your newsserver. Complete listing of all newsgroups in the Italia.* hierarchy their charters.
Ithaki: Usenet and Mailing Lists - Search Usenet newsgroups and Internet mailing lists hosted at Topica, Tile and other hosts.
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.
Kevin Butler's Simple Guide to Newsgroups - A brief history about the origin of newsgroups and tips on how to participate in newsgroups.
Leafnode - a Usenet system for small sites running any flavor of Unix, with a few tens of readers and only a slow connection to the Internet.
Leafnode+ - Based on the original Leafnode package, with a few extensions. Work is underway to re-merge Leafnode+ with the updated version of Leafnode.
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.
Linuxbroker: Newsgroups - Search Linux newsgroups in the alt.os.linux.* and comp.os.linux.* hierarchies. Daily news and applications releases tracking are also available.
Liquid Information - Newsgroup access and email. Free registration required.
MailandNews.com - Provides web based access to over 30,000 newsgroups, including binaries. Requires a free subscription.
Mailgate - Free access to a serveral newsgroup hierarchies. Hosted in Italy. International emphasis.
Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies - A complete list of newsgroup hierarchies and their descriptions.
Mib Software NewsrA+e - A subscription service to measure how well your newsserver is receiving articles. Benchmark against other servers to determine whether you are receiving and delivering "full feed" Usenet content in the groups you carry.
Mib Software Usenet Rapid Knowledge Transfer - Information about Usenet for users and developers.
MobileBuddy.com - Site allowing Web access to usenet news and a POP3 mailbox.
Moderated Newsgroups FAQ - Newsgroup moderation methods and concepts described for new users, prospective moderators, newsgroup moderation proponents and opponents.
MP3 Locator - Search engine for MP3 files on Usenet newsgroup.
msgid.net - Allows short URL links direct to Usenet articles archived on Google.
Musenet: Newsgroup Reviews and Beyond - Reviews of a few assorted Usenet newsgroups, primarily in the alt.* hierarchy. The webmaster will take suggestions on groups to review.
net.legends FAQ - Noticeable phenomena of Usenet. Not completely factual, but as close as can be, given that in some cases the facts are known only to one person or have been lost in the mists of time.
Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet - Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net, such as the Internet, ARPANET, and Usenet. Attempts to help readers understand the origins of the Net, so they might help preserve its value throughout future developments and changes.
Netscan Newsgroup Tracker - Social statistics on Usenet groups including number of posts and crossposts.
Netscape Collabra Server - Users can create discussion groups, track discussions across multiple groups, and monitor discussions for content. Operates over SSL for security. Handles HTML and other media formats. Offers moderation features. For Unix or Windows NT.
Netter's Abbreviation/Acronym Glossary - Comprehensive list of abbreviations used on Usenet.
News Group Help.com - Subscription tutorials on how to download files from binary newsgroups, such as movies, mp3s and programs.
News Group Search - Search all of the major UseNet newsgroup postings from one page.
News.Groups: A Survival Guide - FAQ explains the Big 8 newsgroup creation process, gives advice about posting and debating in news.groups, and lists further references.
news2mail.com - Have the news from Usenet newsgroups delivered to your mail-inbox.
NewsAdmin.Com - Direct Read News is software for allowing users to access your NNTP server via a web interface.
NewsCache - Usenet News cache server for Unix. Distributed under the GNU Public lisence. Reduces required network bandwidth of the news server. Multiplexes between different news servers and allows offline news reading.
Newscaster - Beta implementation of Usenet news via multicast for Solaris and Linux. Other platforms may be added upon request. Author seeks feedback on the program.
Newsgate Web Server - Mailgate is a gateway service that allows to read messages of the UK.* newsgroups hierarchy within a web browser.
NewsOne.Net - Web access to Usenet, including reading, posting and subscriptions.
Newsranger - Free web-based discussion group access and posting. Requires registration. Users can set preferences, including newsgroups subscriptions, preferred reply address, signature file, and opening quote line.
NewsReader.Com - Subscription service for web access to Usenet newsgroups. Free demo available. Service includes access to binary and adult groups.
Newsserver Suchdienst - A search engine for free accessible news servers.
NNTPCache - Pretends to be an NNRP news reading server. Passes NNTP commands to news-servers, takes output and caches and indexes it. Creates a large "virtual" newsfeed, without the bandwidth or drive space normally required. Freely available. Compiles for most Unix platforms.
NNTPRelay - The only carrier-class news router for Windows NT. Freely available. Also available from the same authors is the freely available news server program "Tortoise" for Windows NT.
NoDevice.com - Selection of newsgroups related to Linux and programming. Search, browse and post. Also tutorials, docs, howtos, FAQs.
RoboFetch.com - RoboFetch delivers Usenet news search results daily into your mailbox.
RockyNewsgroup.org - The Rocky Horror Picture Show Usenet newsgroup archive. A free web based Usenet server for the alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror newsgroup, with a searchable index of articles dating back to 1995 and FAQ.
Rules for posting to Usenet - Brief introduction to Usenet and appropriate guidelines to follow for posting.
ServerWatch - News Servers - Listing and reviews of news servers. Software downloads.
Smiley-List - Comprehensive list of smilies used on Usenet.
SmR-usenet - Usenet tutorials, FAQs, and reviews of usenet providers. Also providing free posting services via NNTP for text-only newsgroups.
sn - A small news system for sites with a slow connection to the Internet that serve, perhaps, a few dozen newsgroups. Also includes a mail-to-news filter. For Unix-type systems.
Snoozenet - Tim Pierce's New's Hacking page. Includes links to RFC 977, 1036, son-of-1036.
SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet - Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest.
SuckMT - Uses client NNTP to download news messages in order to feed them into your local server. Free download, FAQ, sample scripts, planned features. [Linux, Windows NT, source/binary]
The Bincancel FAQ - Explains in detail why posting huge binaries to non-binary newsgroups is inappropriate.
The Cancel FAQ - Discusses what cancellation is, how it works, and the implications of cancelling messages.
the madhippy usenet faq archive - Links to usenet FAQs, tutorials, and assorted internet information.
The news.groups.reviews Official Homepage - Submission guidelines and archived reviews from news.groups.reviews, a newsgroup carrying reader-written reviews of other newsgroups.
The Swedish Usenet Administration - Information for news administrators about the se.* hierarchy, including public PGP key and current checkgroups message. Also contains information on how to create groups in the se.* hierarchy and how to get a feed.
The Troller's FAQ - Explanations of what a troll is, typical troll behavior, and how to respond to trolls.
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.
theUSE.NET - A portal to other web based Usenet services. Access newgroups from Google Groups, Mailgate, Newsgate and others via this web interface.
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.
Tortoise - Freely available news spool server for Windows NT, based on the NNTPRelay program from the same authors.
Usenet Address Database - Search for e-mail addresses if you know the name of a person, or the name of the organization that provides their net access. Returns the entries from addresses collected from Usenet postings between July 1991 and February 1996.
Usenet II - An attempt to create a new Usenet based on the concept of "sound sites". The goal is to create a new Usenet as free as possible from spam.
Usenet Newsservers For You - Brief description of Usenet with links to some free or public news servers. Links to news reader software for Windows machines and some security tools.
Usenet Oldnews Archive - All Usenet news from May 1981 to May 1982. Oldest known Usenet news.
Usenet References - Collection of FAQs and other introductory documents about Usenet. Somewhat dated but still very useful.
USENET replayer - Web based tools to communicate via USENET: news resources archive, news server search, post and retrieve Usenet messages. Advertise products. Protect your reputation by canceling forgeries.
Usenet4Free - Features the GPLed gateway between usenet and the web. A small collection of newsgroups is available, with extensive, searchable archive. Source code for the gateway can be downloaded from sourceforge project.
Usenetix - Picture search engine featuring fast thumbnails, automatic grouping by series, and single-click batch download. Subscription service.
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.
Utrecht CS News.Answers FAQ Access Methods - A searchable directory of Usenet FAQs and other periodic, informative articles, posted in the Usenet newsgroup news.answers.
W-net : Everything About Usenet - Usenet basics. Learn about newsgroups from scratch. Learn how to get banned Newsgroups. Partial list of Newsgroups.
WebUseNet.com - Web based access to Usenet newsgroups. Download or upload files from the UseNet including MP3s, MPEG, JPEG/GIF, EXE. Subscription service.
Yarchive - Archive of Usenet posts. Personal collection of Norman Yarvin.