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.
- ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active
About News-Posting, by J R Stockton - Explanation of Usenet terms and tips on how to write and post to Usenet. - http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/news-use.htm
Marco Schmidt's Usenet Page - Features news items related to Usenet, a map of regional newsgroups and hierarchies as well as a collection of links. - http://schmidt.devlib.org/usenet/
Wikipedia: Usenet - Comprehensive presentation of Usenet: its history, terms and organization along with technical details and information on binary content. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
AnchorDudes Usenet Newsgroup Server FAQ - General presentation of binary newsgroups: specific terms, provider comparison with a pricing table, newsgroup listings and a quick review of newsreader software. - http://www.newsgroupservers.net/
Usenet on Livinginternet.com - History of Usenet as a whole and of specific hierarchies like alt.*, bitnet and fidonet, old Usenet maps, the way the newsgroups work and how to use them, tips on advanced use, useful links. - http://www.livinginternet.com/u/u.htm
CanadianAlien - Explains how to use binary newsgroups. - http://www.canadianalien.com/
Usenetpage.com - Provides basic information and links about Usenet with a particular focus on binary newsgroups and related utilities. - http://www.usenetpage.com/
News2mail.com - Delivers via e-mail articles from user-selected newsgroups. Free service. - http://www.news2mail.com/
Binaries4all - Offers binary newsgroup tutorials covering downloading, posting and use of software tools. Includes messageboard. - http://www.binaries4all.com/
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. - http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/tsfaq.html
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. - http://cil-www.oce.orst.edu/users.guide
Computer Partners - Brief explanation of newsgroups and instructions for using Netscape Navigator or Outlook Express for reading newsgroups. - http://www.compar.com/infopool/articles/news2vs3.html
yEnc - Encoding for Usenet and E-mail - Homepage of the public domain encoding format widely used in binary newsgroups. A stand alone yEnc decoder is also available for download with its source code. - http://www.yenc.org/
Slyck's Guide to the Newsgroups - Tutorials on binary newsgroups : how to download, verify, combine and decode files as well as how to post them. Tutorials on other topics such as IRC and P2P are also available. - http://www.slyck.com/ng.php
Usenetpedia - A simple and relaxed presentation of Usenet, its history and its specific vocabulary. - http://www.usenetpedia.com/
Usenet-Newsgroups.com - Offers reviews of several websites on newsgroups. Includes a forum where users can share ideas and get assistance. - http://www.usenet-newsgroups.com/
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. - http://www.usenetportal.com/
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. - http://www.usenet-replayer.com/
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. - http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/
Pi's Smiley List - Comprehensive list of smilies used on Usenet. - http://piology.org/smiley.txt
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. - http://tgos.org/newbie/
SmR-usenet - Usenet tutorials, FAQs, and reviews of usenet providers. Also providing free posting services via NNTP for text-only newsgroups. - http://smr-usenet.com/
Internet Software Consortium - An FTP site with archives of various Usenet related documents. Includes active files, control messages, list of Usenet hierarchies. - ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/
Rules for posting to Usenet - Brief introduction to Usenet and appropriate guidelines to follow for posting. - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/
Snoozenet - Tim Pierce's New's Hacking page. Includes links to RFC 977, 1036, son-of-1036. - http://www.newsreaders.com/misc/twpierce/news/
Free Advice on Usenet News - An editorial introduction to Usenet. - http://www.islandnet.com/~tmc/html/articles/usentnws.htm
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. - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet/