I. USENET AND NEWSGROUPS BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Here is the starting point for answers to all of your initial or advanced questions as well as some interesting articles:

• Really all you ever need to know about the USENET
• General usenet information for beginners
• A large list of Usenet FAQ's
• Free Advice on Usenet News (An editorial introduction to Usenet)
• Usenet II (...Usenet II is an attempt to create a structure where the traditional Usenet model of cooperation and trust can be made to work in the Internet of the 21st century.)
• and more...

II. NEWSGROUPS PRECAUTIONS

By using the newsgroups you may provoke unwanted results which can be avoided. We show you here links to special newsgroups security topics:

• Newsgroups and Spam (How to Get Rid of Junk Mail, Spam, and Telemarketers)
• Flame-Free Online Marketing (How to avoid getting flamed at Usenet after posting files/ads)
• and more...

III. NEWSGROUPS SERVER AND READER

There are many ways to access newsgroups and most require a newsgroups reader installed at your PC. We have collected information to many of them for your evaluation:

• Reading from and posting to over 80,000 usenet newsgroups Site enforces the Anti-Spam policy
• The largest collection of archived Usenet news and a hierarchical listing of newsgroups for the BUILDING industry. (Ad free site!)
• Search the Usenet Addresses Database: This service allows you to search for e-mail addresses if you know the name of a person, or the name of the organization that provides their net access.
• Search the Usenet Addresses Database: This service allows you to search for e-mail addresses if you know the name of a person, or the name of the organization that provides their net access.
• A service providing near-real-time monitoring of 60+ Usenet newsgroups and delivery via e-mail of postings that match search criteria." [$]
• Search the Usenet Addresses Database ("..This service allows you to search for e-mail addresses if you know the name of a person, or the name of the organization that provides their net access.
• Uncensored Usenet Newsgroups Server (Over 85,000 newsgroups) [$]
• Free Public Newsserver located in Germany (requires pre- registration)
• and more...

IV. BINARY NEWSGROUPS READER

If you want to see the various images posted on newsgroups, you'll need a binary compatible newsgroups reader. Our selection guides you to the best of them:

• A Windows NT compatible online Newsreader, it provides no off-line Newsreading or article download functions like Free Agent.
• A free Usenet news reader and e-mail client for Windows. It is small, fast and stable; awarded with Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval.
• A program designed to automatically receive and decode (UUE and MIME) pictures and other binaries from Usenet and place them in directory of your choice.
• Binary Newsreader & AutoPoster [$] ("..an All-In-One newsreader optimized for multimedia content and aimed at the Usenet users who regularly access multimedia objects like sound, video and image files...")
• Download binary files (images) from any NNTP news server
• ...A free application that finds pictures, movies, erotics, MP3 files, software and games on USENET news servers. The familiar looking interface makes selecting and downloading files intuitive and easy...
• Usenet binaries archive. 250,000 Usenet pictures from over 400 binaries groups. [$]
• Freeware Newsgroups Reader for Images, Video & Sound
• A powerful newsreader specifically designed for downloading and viewing pictures from newsgroups.
• Newsgroups Reader...program downloads articles with images inside, decodes them and saves on your hard drive. It filters spam, leaving only those articles that contain real images... [$]
• and more...

V. FINDING PUBLIC NEWSGROUPS AND NEWS SERVER

A big problem is finding a working newsgroups server for public newsgroups. But there is help out there. We found excellent sites who are testing the server online so you can use them right away. And the service is free:

• Finding Public News Server (An excellent site to find a working news server!)
• Finding Public News Server (Special Search Engine: 2670+ Server with 128480+ newsgroups. Enter the newsgroups you are interested in and you get a list of servers with related information such as the number of messages or if posting is allowed or not. The servers will be checked when you enter the newsgroups, so you know they are working currently. Excellent and free service!)
• Finding Public News Server (Over 520 Public Server, selectable by Group count, longevity, article retention or speed. Top free service to find a news server)
• Master List of Usenet Newsgroups (Search Engine to find newsgroups easily and tutorials. "To help you find the groups you want...)
• A Usenet Newsgroups Directory (Search Newsgroups by keywords or topic)
• and more...