USENETs or Newsgroups

USENETS or newsgroups are similar to many electronic bulletin boards. They are ongoing discussion groups on a huge variety of topics and issues.

Special software is needed to subscribe to and use newsgroups, although the software is generally included with a package from an ISP or can be downloaded from the Internet. Your ISP may have a list of newsgroups they carry.

You can visit http://tile.net, or Google's Usennet archive and interface at http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/deja_announcement.html

on the Internet to search for newsgroups by name or to view a large list of discussion groups and mailing lists.