What is usenet/news?
Usenet (or news) is a collection of discussion groups. Usenet started far before the internet came online. In the early days Usenet was distributed using UUCP (Unix to Unix CoPy). Later on it became available with the ARPA protocol which is today better known as Internet. Today there are over 30000 active groups which is good for about 70 Gigabyte or 1.000.000 articles per day. In the first year or so there were only 2 articles/day average.
Related Questions
- Access to other newsgroups is still possible using an alternative server. See FAQ: How do I configure my software to give access to Usenet News?
- How do I set up my usenet account with a third party news reader program such as Microsoft Outlook Express or Free Agent?
- What apsfilter news groups are available in USENET?
