Usenet

You can read current messages, search Usenet archives and post messages with these Web-based services:

• Google Groups

Read/Write Usenet Sites

You can read current messages and post messages with these Web-based services.

• BubbaNews
• EasyUsenet
• Gignews
• News2Web
• NewsOne
• NewsRanger
• NewsWalk
• Usenet4Free

These free accounts require individual registration, a conventional newsreader, and a PPP account through your ISP.

• Usenet from Freie U. Berlin
• Usenet from Hanau Net

Post-Only Usenet Sites

You can post messages via NNTP to these news servers, but not read messages. These require a browser with a built-in newsreader.

• news://post.usenet.com/

Note: You must append the newsgroup name to the URL to use this service. For example, news://post.usenet.com/seattle.test

Read-Only Usenet Sites

These sites offer Web-based read-only access that works with any browser, and a search function.

• Mailgate.Org

Our newsgroup menus for these sites all require a browser with a built-in newsreader.

Britain:

• Newsgroups at Netcom UK Pubnews

France:

• Newsgroups at Usenet-Edu
• Newsgroups at U. Angers

Germany:

• Newsgroups at U. Stuttgart
• Newsgroups at U. Mannheim
• Newsgroups at Freenet.de

Italy:

• Newsgroups at U. Napoli

Japan:

• Newsgroups at Kyoto U.

Taiwan:

• Newsgroups at Tunghai U.
• Newsgroups at Academia Sinica

About Usenet

• Faqs.org: Usenet Faqs
• Internet Public Library: Usenet Newsgroups
• news.newusers.questions Links Page
• Newzbot! Public Usenet Resources for the Masses
• Newsreaders.com
• Search for Usenet Newsgroups (Sunsite)

Web Forums

• Forum One - search for discussion topics