Usenet

Question by Yay Ah!: Which Usenet service should I subscribe to?
I’m not that computer savvy. So, anything that is affordable and easy to use with a lot of content is good.

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Answer by Jason S
There is a very complete article titled “Finding the Right Usenet Provider” that can be found here: http://binarynewshowto.com/pick-a-usenet-provider covering retention, reliability, speed, completion, spam filtering, and affordability, and compares several of the top usenet services on the market. The site also has several articles covering how to use newsgroups, which clients to use, and has other resources.

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Question by nemo: How Usenet groups are different from Yahoo or Google groups? How can i subscribe to any usenet groups?

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Answer by Warren1AZ
Unless your ISP provides a Usenet feed, you have to subscribe to a separate service. Adelphia at one time provided Usenet access in their cable modem service. Try entering in Google something like this: Usenet+provider

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Question by theeshusher: Why subscribe to Usenet when I could just do a search on google?
Isn’t it the same thing? I hear that the biggest forum of all is still “Usenet.” That’s the same as “newsgroups” which can all be searched on goggle using the “news” option, right? Do many people still use it? Perhaps I’m missing out on half the internet. The “web” is only part of it.

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Answer by aaa
Hi there,

The main reason to use Usenet is to download files–the latest movies, games, CD’s etc. You can get a full DVD (4.5 gigabytes) in a couple of hours on the right connection using usenet. The only problem is you have to pay!

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Subscribe for a new account on the newsserver

The most common method of payment for setting up a new account on the payserver is PayPal and luckily, the account will be activated as soon as the payment is complete. If you still have additional questions, then you take full advantage of the customer support, guaranteed by your membership on the newsserver. The subscription to the newsserver can be automatically prolonged, allowing you to download as much information as you desire from the chosen newsgroup.

Online, you can find out all the needed information on Usenet and setting up accounts on the newsserver. You can discover the differences between different types of accounts, with the clear specification that unlimited accounts are solely for personal uses. Things like account sharing, multiple IP addresses or proxy connections are strictly prohibited, being part of the rules on the payserver. As a member of the newsserver, you will have to comply with these regulations and make sure that use your account as intended. Prepay accounts guarantee indeed an unlimited speed, the user having complete freedom when it comes to determining the quota. The price goes down with the more gigabytes one decides to purchase. Unlimited accounts guarantee not only the maximum speed but an unlimited amount of download on any of the newsgroups, all account being renewed on a monthly basis.

Let’s say that you’ve bought a number of gigabytes on the payserver. You should know that they are available for one year, with that period being automatically prolonged if you decide to purchase some more. As it was already mentioned, the prices become more appealing the more gigabytes you purchase. If you do not want to worry about such things, then you should go online and choose an unlimited account, choosing the speed of download and also the quantity. Just keep in mind that you will still be limited by your own Internet connection.

The newsserver account is renewed once every 30 days automatically, permitting you to download information using the newsreader. The Usenet network is spread into different sections, sections that are actually called newsgroups and that you can browse whenever you feel like it. It is important to remember that once you have downloaded the number of gigabytes available in your quota, the download will be stopped (that is if you do not purchase more GB which would be the logical thing to do).

As your right to privacy is completely respected, you will soon discover that they do not keep a strict tab on the downloads you make. They record the amounts downloaded but things never proceed from there. You can download from newsgroups without being worried that you are watched all the time and kept under strict observation. They do filter spam so you can rest assured that you will only download high quality information.

Question by nemo: I want to subscribe to a USENET group called alt.security. How to do it ? Can I subscribe using Thunderbird?
Please explain to me clearly. I always find it difficult to know more about USENET groups and tired reading FAQ about USENET groups.

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Answer by peace maker
You need to have a news reader program on your system to read the USENET news. An example of such a program is Microsoft Outlook Express (not Microsoft Outlook). This is a NNTP client and a news reader. Then you need to connect to an NNTP server (There are thousands of them, search for some of them). When you connect to one of the servers, it will show you which all USENET groups it can support. Your alt.security will be there most probably. And then you can use it to read the news.

I know I am not sufficiently clear but right now I do not have more time to write about it.
Then there are some servers which allows only reading but not posting whereas some are there which allows both. This whole thing is actually very simple but takes a while to understand.

The easier solution is go to groups.google.com and navigate to alt.security and read it online.

Hope it helps.

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