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Usenet Newsgroup Software Availability

 Tucows List of  News Readers for Windows
  http://tucows.whc.net/news95.html

 An extensive list of newsgroup software for most platforms at  NewsReaders.com
  http://www.newsreaders.com/
 

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Standard Clients

MicroPlanet- Gravity - Home Page
 http://www.microplanet.com/ - Shareware - now Free
See Tom's Gravity Pages -  http://gravity.tbates.org/super.html  - Free version 2.5 - 2.6

  OUI - Offline Usenet Interface -
http://www.ouisoft.com/more.htm
Provides workgroup organization, a friendly feel, ease of use and convenient features to newsgroup use. OUI was one of my favorite clients in Windows. - Works in all Windows versions except XP/Home Edition - Shareware -

Forté Agent Home Page
 http://www.forteinc.com/  - Free version

Xnews
 http://xnews.newsguy.com - Free - link updated
 

Netscape Communicator
 http://home.netscape.com/download/ - Free

Mozilla - Freeware
http://www.mozilla.org/
Latest build for all platforms FTP download site

Mozilla Thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/      
  Currently in alpha-Development, Thunderbird is a stand-alone mailer/news reader built from the excellent integrated Mozilla Mail and News.
  Thunderbird Features  -
  You can try the latest version from  ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/ 
  Mozilla Thunderbird Help
  FREE - for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, more

Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/ - Component of Windows

WinVN Newsreader Home Page
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/software/winvn/winvn.html - Freeware
  WinVN Newsreader upgrades 16 & 32 bit
http://www.execpc.com/~mspankus/

Pine Information Center
http://www.washington.edu/pine/ - Free

Pan   - A newswsreader for GNOME - on UNIX / Lnux - Includes yEnc decoding
http://pan.rebelbase.com/     -  Free

K Node for KDE - Linux  -  -  Free

MT-NewsWatcher - for the MAC

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Binary File Suckers

Binary News Reader - 
- BNR - For Linux (includes yEnc), Windows Wine verified - Freeware -
http://www.bnr2.org/    -  BNR2 (Binary News Reaper) - Shareware versions available
The BNR Discussion group is here

NewsBin USENET News Group Automated Binary Download Shareware  -
  http://www.newsbin.com/  - Shareware
The Newsbin Pro Discussion board is here

Binary Vortex - Easy to use binary downloader
http://www.binaryvortex.com/ -  Windows Wine verified - Shareware
now supports the new yEnc decoding format

TIFNY's Newsreader Home Page
http://www.tifny2.com/   --  Ad-Ware

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Utilities and Servers

 -  yProxy / yEncode Handler - Link fixed
  http://www.brawnylads.com/  - Select "Software" in the Extras menu
Run yProxy to handle your "yEnc" decoding in Windows
   yProxy home --

 - Hamster  Newsgroup Proxy Server - Freeware
http://www.tglsoft.de/

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Alternate WebBased Access to Newsgroups and Public Messaging Services - a.k.a. WebBased Clients
NewsOne.Net - Free Usenet News
RemarQ - The Internet's Discussion Network - taken over -- see news
Deja.com now Google Groups
    Google 20 year usenet timeline 
  Supernews
  NewsPlex · Usenet news-server aggregator 

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Usenet Resources

General Information, Trouble shooting & FAQs
Tech Help Newsgroups for Prodigy, Netscape, Microsoft and more
LEARN THE NET: All About Newsgroups
- Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies 
- Internet FAQ Archives
- The Official Usenet TOP1000 Servers page  
A Brief Explanation of Usenet & Message Boards
Newzbot! Public USENET Resources for the Masses
Jargon File Resources
Usenet Info Center Launch Pad
UsenetStats.com   Usenet Newsgroups Activity Reports
Usenet Help
- Prodigy/SBC Usenet newsgroup help page

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Find Newsgroups and/or Open or Free or for-Fee Servers
Search for Groups
   Advanced Search for Groups
Free News Servers -
free+usenet+servers NewsSearch public NNTP Server Search
Newsserver Suchdienst (Find which servers carry your group)
Open News Servers
- NewzBot! Public USENET Resources for the Masses
TILE.NET/NEWS
Google Groups
Usenet Starts Here
- Usenet Service Providers   -
    Tera News  - free Usenet Services
    AstraWeb  - free Usenet Services
   -  GUBA  - Specializing in binary newsgroups for a fee...
    -  UsenetRocket -  Progressive pricing

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How To: Create a Newsgroup
How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup
Guide for Writing an alt. Newsgroup Proposal
http://nylon.net/alt/newgroup.htm
Index of FAQs About Starting an "alt" Newsgroup
So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup
NNQ: Creating New Newsgroups  -  Mirror
How To Create Newsgroups
- Control Message Archive (FTP Site)

FAQs & Tips Links
Eric Miller's User Tips for: Outlook Express Newsreader
Moderator Functionality
IMN Site Index (Internet Mail & News)
The Net Abuse FAQ - Politics, Spam, Invasion, etc...

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News archive about the USENET and ALT newsgroup posting system

SBC DSL Users Sue Over Slow newsgroup access
... SBC acknowledged that it limits newsgroup access speed to 128Kps,
but denied that it does so in an attempt to free up bandwidth. ...Aug. 18, 2000
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,38278,00.html
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-88-93_STO48739,00.html
http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2000/105104_08-21-2000.html

Google Acquires Deja's Usenet Discussion Service. Read the press release

RemarQ, the best WEB based access to the Usenet, was taken over by Critical Path, July-Aug, 2000.  Critical Path/RemarQ
    Individuals are referred to SeperNews, a pay service. Critical Path

Anti-spam bill makes junk stand out
(See this list  for articles about spam)

Excite@Home Usenet death penalty lifted
Excite@Home averted a Usenet "death penalty" today by reducing an excessive amount of newsgroup postings emanating from spammers. January 18, 2000

One of the saddest consequences of allowing uncontrolled commercialism on the Internet - CNET.com - News - The Net - MSN drops newsgroup support -
Microsoft's MSN Internet site is dumping support for newsgroup discussions, the latest sign that the pioneering online chat format is being bypassed by the commercial Web. February 23, 2000

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