Jeffery Swagger wrote:
"Usenet" and "newsgroups" tend to be used interchangeably,
but they're not strictly the same. The main line groups
like comp.*, soc.* and so on are centrally administered
by some organization whose name escapes me at the moment.
In any case, you need a newsreader client to read/post
to the groups that your server carries. For example, Outlook Express
and Thunderbird can handle both mail and news.
Well, I use Thunderbird and it does email just fine.
But I can't seem to use it for Newsgroups. Can you
give me some clues there?
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
The standard port for the news protocol is 119 which your company
would have to open through their firewall for outgoing connections.
IMO, there is no real reason not to, but they may think differently.
Google archives just about all the Usenet groups. So if your company
allows you web access point your browser to:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/bit.listserv.ibm-main?hl=en
to look at ibm-main.
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