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urgetoo · 04-16-06, 12:52 AM

I use the free forums on USENET. alt.binaries.e-book, alt.binaries.e-book.flood

What is USENET?

Newsgroups are the big bulletin board of the Internet, providing online discussions where you can post, read, and respond to messages at any time. These messages are stored on a news server where users can retrieve them. Newsgroups contain all kinds of information on several topics with users generating approximately 1GB of new information each day. The majority of newsgroups are text-based but you can find binary newsgroups that contain pictures, music, video, games, and more available for downloading

Despite the decline, newsgroups exist and thrive with all kinds of information. Finding a newsgroup that matches your interests is a snap, and if you can’t find one, you can create one. We’ll tell you how to find interesting newsgroups and how to start accessing them.

One of the easiest ways to find newsgroups is to do a search on your favorite search engine. We searched Google (http://www.google.com) and got approximately 3.8 million results. You can also find newsgroups on several manufacturers’ Web sites, most for free. For example, on Microsoft’s Web site (http://www.microsoft.com), you can subscribe to newsgroups that pertain to Microsoft products.

There are also several Web sites dedicated to just newsgroups, some containing as many as 100,000 newsgroups. Be aware, though, that most charge a monthly or yearly fee for access. For more information on the top Web sites for newsgroups, see the “Directories For Everything” sidebar.

Now that you’ve found them, how do you get to them? You’ll need a newsreader, which lets you access all the information contained in newsgroups. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape come with their own bundled newsreader. With IE, the newsreader is housed in the Outlook Express program. You can get a copy of Outlook Express by downloading IE from Microsoft.

If you don’t have a newsreader, check out News Rover (http://www.newsrover.com), NewsBin (http://www.newsbin.com), and Agent or Free Agent (http://www.forteinc.com).

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urgetoo Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	get 1000's of free ebooks using USENET I use the free forums on USENET. alt.binaries.e-book, alt.binaries.e-book.flood What is USENET? Newsgroups are the big bulletin board of the Internet, providing online discussions where you can post, read, and respond to messages at any time. These messages are stored on a news server where users can retrieve them. Newsgroups contain all kinds of information on several topics with users generating approximately 1GB of new information each day. The majority of newsgroups are text-based but you can find binary newsgroups that contain pictures, music, video, games, and more available for downloading Despite the decline, newsgroups exist and thrive with all kinds of information. Finding a newsgroup that matches your interests is a snap, and if you can’t find one, you can create one. We’ll tell you how to find interesting newsgroups and how to start accessing them. One of the easiest ways to find newsgroups is to do a search on your favorite search engine. We searched Google (http://www.google.com) and got approximately 3.8 million results. You can also find newsgroups on several manufacturers’ Web sites, most for free. For example, on Microsoft’s Web site (http://www.microsoft.com), you can subscribe to newsgroups that pertain to Microsoft products. There are also several Web sites dedicated to just newsgroups, some containing as many as 100,000 newsgroups. Be aware, though, that most charge a monthly or yearly fee for access. For more information on the top Web sites for newsgroups, see the “Directories For Everything” sidebar. Now that you’ve found them, how do you get to them? You’ll need a newsreader, which lets you access all the information contained in newsgroups. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape come with their own bundled newsreader. With IE, the newsreader is housed in the Outlook Express program. You can get a copy of Outlook Express by downloading IE from Microsoft. If you don’t have a newsreader, check out News Rover (http://www.newsrover.com), NewsBin (http://www.newsbin.com), and Agent or Free Agent (http://www.forteinc.com).