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Alternate Usenet TOP 1000 Alternate Usenet TOP 1000: An alternate to the Freenix Top 1000 site. (Usenet) http://news.anthologeek.net pi's smiley list pi's smiley list: Comprehensive list of smilies used on Usenet. (Usenet) http://piology.org/smiley.txt news2mail.com news2mail.com: Have the news from Usenet newsgroups delivered to your mail-inbox. (Usenet) http://www.news2mail.com SmR-usenet SmR-usenet: Usenet tutorials, FAQs, and reviews of usenet providers. Also providing free posting services via NNTP for text-only newsgroups. (Usenet) http://smr-usenet.com/ Usenet Portal Usenet Portal: Categorized links to web sites concerning technical aspects of usenet, tutorials, open usenet servers, and all aspects of usenet. Reviews and ratings of Usenet providers, articles about newsgroups, and NNTP software suggestions. (Usenet) http://www.usenetportal.com Authoritative active file Authoritative active file: Maintained by the Big Eight Moderation Team at isc.org. This active file is a complete and current list of newsgroups available. Not limited to the "Big 8" groups only. (Usenet) ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active Amiga Network News Amiga Network News: Amiga newsgroup summaries. (Usenet) http://www.ann.lu Rules for posting to Usenet Rules for posting to Usenet: Brief introduction to Usenet and appropriate guidelines to follow for posting. (Usenet) http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/ Usenet Peering Page Usenet Peering Page: Usenet providers and other organizations, who are running a Usenet server, looking for Usenet peers can enter their information on the website if they want to be contacted by others in the Usenet community. (Usenet) http://peering.usenet.com Top 1000 Usenet Sites 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. (Usenet) http://www.freenix.org/reseau/top1000/ User's Guide to the Changing Usenet 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. (Usenet) http://cil-www.oce.orst.edu:8080/users.guide Netscan Newsgroup Tracker Netscan Newsgroup Tracker: Social statistics on Usenet groups including number of posts and crossposts. (Usenet) http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ Jukka Korpela's Material about Usenet 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. (Usenet) http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/ News Group Help.com News Group Help.com: Subscription tutorials on how to download files from binary newsgroups, such as movies, mp3s and programs. (Usenet) http://www.nghelp.com Computer Partners Computer Partners: Brief explanation of newsgroups and instructions for using Netscape Navigator or Outlook Express for reading newsgroups. (Usenet) http://www.compar.com/news/news2vs3.html W-net : Everything About Usenet W-net : Everything About Usenet: Usenet basics. Learn about newsgroups from scratch. Learn how to get banned Newsgroups. Partial list of Newsgroups. (Usenet) http://www.geocities.com/ski_usenet Snoozenet Snoozenet: Tim Pierce's New's Hacking page. Includes links to RFC 977, 1036, son-of-1036. (Usenet) http://www.newsreaders.com/misc/twpierce/news/ Free Advice on Usenet News Free Advice on Usenet News: An editorial introduction to Usenet. (Usenet) http://www.islandnet.com/~tmc/html/articles/usentnws.htm About News-Posting, by J R Stockton About News-Posting, by J R Stockton: Explanation of Usenet terms and tips on how to write and post to Usenet. (Usenet) http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/news-use.htm Links to Professor Timo Salmi's FAQ material 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. (Usenet) http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html Internet Software Consortium Internet Software Consortium: An FTP site with archives of various Usenet related documents. Includes active files, control messages, list of Usenet hierarchies. (Usenet) ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/ Kevin Butler's Simple Guide to Newsgroups Kevin Butler's Simple Guide to Newsgroups: A brief history about the origin of newsgroups and tips on how to participate in newsgroups. (Usenet) http://members.tripod.com/~Kevin_Butler/newsgroups.html Mib Software Usenet Rapid Knowledge Transfer Mib Software Usenet Rapid Knowledge Transfer: Information about Usenet for users and developers. (Usenet) http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/userkt.html Usenet Replayer Usenet Replayer: Web-based Usenet tools, including news resources archive, news server search, posting and retrieving of Usenet messages, advertising products, and forgery cancellations. Free. (Usenet) http://www.usenet-replayer.com/ Finding the Appropriate Newsgroup Finding the Appropriate Newsgroup: Lists of groups listed according to where to post common kinds of posts, where to read about common topics, and so on. (Usenet) http://www.geocities.com/findnewsgroup/index.html Freedom Knights of 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. (Usenet) http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet/ The Usenet Newbie Project 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. (Usenet) http://tgos.org/newbie Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies: A complete list of newsgroup hierarchies and their descriptions. (Usenet) http://www.magma.ca/~leisen/mlnh/