On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 10:15:26AM -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > To get Usenet messages and to post them > one must do this directly through a news server (i.e., an NNTP > server) via of a news client program, OR through some special > web-based service using a www interface and providing for such > capabilities, OR via Telnet. The Telnet procedure is rather > complicated, and usually the Telnet connection will run very slow. > I don't think there are any other ways of doing newsgroups. If > anyone knows of any other methods, please let us know about them. > > Arachne does not have a capability for using a news server. > Nettamer does, and it is a most excellent and efficient client > program to use for doing newsgroups.
NNTP is the standard way to access newsgroups (Usenet) over the Internet. DOS NNTP clients that I have used are uka_ppp, ka9q (Yan) and Lynx386 (online). Some alternate (older) methods: If one has read-only access to Usenet (some open NNTP servers), you can post using a mail-to-news gateway. Some BBS's carry selected Usenet newsgroups which are available as QWK packets. If you have a shell account, you might be able to access Usenet using a Unix newsreader or by creating SOUP packets that you can transfer to your PC. Howard E. -- <http://www.ncf.ca/~ag221/>
