I've just discovered the (potential) joy of Newsgroups. Can anyone suggest some decent ones? I'd like to talk about adult video type stuff, things like this board, and any other good ones you might like to suggest.
Thanks!
Newsgroups
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joe king
Re: Newsgroups
rec.arts.movies.erotica
is american biased
alt.fan.televisonx
is brit biased
is american biased
alt.fan.televisonx
is brit biased
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John
Re: Newsgroups
Also:
alt.cult-movies.erotica
which is used for rame rejected posts (rame is moderated) and lots of spam
alt.sex.movies
again lots of spam but occasionally OK
alt.cult-movies.erotica
which is used for rame rejected posts (rame is moderated) and lots of spam
alt.sex.movies
again lots of spam but occasionally OK
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Steve
Re: Newsgroups
Yes pj I agree how do they work. We need some guide who will come along and tell us
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joey
Re: Newsgroups
You can do some basic research by reading:
this newsgroup via google
Your ISP may provide a news server. If you have a support service with your ISP, it's the sort of thing you can ask them how to set up.
Basically newsgroups are part of USENET, a global bbs system. There are many USENET newsservers around the world and the postings into the newsgroups that they carry get duplicated from one server to the other in a fairly haphazard way - you don't always get all the messages that have been posted.
USENET is _not_ the web. To talk to a news server, you use a separate piece of software called a newsreader (but there are websites, like groups.google.com where you can read USENET news over the web. However such sites don't usually carry the 'binaries' - the pictures, audio, video, executables, etc - anything that's not text.)
You can use Outlook Express as a newsreader. You have to tell it which newsserver to use. If your ISP has a decent one, that's often the best choice (find out what it's called by asking your ISP, or you can try and guess (eg if you're with Demon Internet, the news server is news.demon.co.uk, if you're with Clara it's news.clara.net, etc. - well I might be wrong about the names, but you get the idea - news.isp's-domain)
There are some free newsservers (often because they're misconfigured) Last time I checked, newscache1.freenet.de was available, and carried alt.fan.televisionx, but wouldn't let you post to it.
One important thing with USENET is that sometimes people are *very* fussy about what you post.
Each newsgroup has its own rules and its own approach to this.
There are certain questions that get asked again and again, and so quite often there is a FAQ for the newsgroup that answers these questions (I think USENET news FAQs were the *original* FAQs - where the term comes from - USENET is much older than the web.)
The golden rule is, read the FAQ before posting (really, actually read it
and preferably spend some time reading other posts,to get an idea of what is acceptable and what is not.
Just about the most frequently asked question on USENET, I think is "How do I see the pictures in the binaries newsgroups?" If you look around, search , etc, there are plenty of answers to be found...
Have fun!
this newsgroup via google
Your ISP may provide a news server. If you have a support service with your ISP, it's the sort of thing you can ask them how to set up.
Basically newsgroups are part of USENET, a global bbs system. There are many USENET newsservers around the world and the postings into the newsgroups that they carry get duplicated from one server to the other in a fairly haphazard way - you don't always get all the messages that have been posted.
USENET is _not_ the web. To talk to a news server, you use a separate piece of software called a newsreader (but there are websites, like groups.google.com where you can read USENET news over the web. However such sites don't usually carry the 'binaries' - the pictures, audio, video, executables, etc - anything that's not text.)
You can use Outlook Express as a newsreader. You have to tell it which newsserver to use. If your ISP has a decent one, that's often the best choice (find out what it's called by asking your ISP, or you can try and guess (eg if you're with Demon Internet, the news server is news.demon.co.uk, if you're with Clara it's news.clara.net, etc. - well I might be wrong about the names, but you get the idea - news.isp's-domain)
There are some free newsservers (often because they're misconfigured) Last time I checked, newscache1.freenet.de was available, and carried alt.fan.televisionx, but wouldn't let you post to it.
One important thing with USENET is that sometimes people are *very* fussy about what you post.
Each newsgroup has its own rules and its own approach to this.
There are certain questions that get asked again and again, and so quite often there is a FAQ for the newsgroup that answers these questions (I think USENET news FAQs were the *original* FAQs - where the term comes from - USENET is much older than the web.)
The golden rule is, read the FAQ before posting (really, actually read it
and preferably spend some time reading other posts,to get an idea of what is acceptable and what is not.Just about the most frequently asked question on USENET, I think is "How do I see the pictures in the binaries newsgroups?" If you look around, search , etc, there are plenty of answers to be found...
Have fun!
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Callipygea
Re: Newsgroups
Quite a good way to access newsgroups is to use an off-line reader, like FreeAgent, which lets you select a load of messages to read, and then downloads them while you do something else. It is particularly good if you want to download pictures or mpegs, which can take a lot of time.
Download it from http://www.forteinc.com/. They also sell Agent, which has more features.
To use it you have to tell it where to find the news, as mentioned by Steve, and then wait while it downloads a list of all newsgroups. LIke Captain Oates' last walk, this can take some time.
Full instructions are given.
As there are something like 60,000 newsgroups in total you should find something you like. Many of them are populated by weirdos whilst some are the preserve of gentlemen and scholars, like this forum.
Download it from http://www.forteinc.com/. They also sell Agent, which has more features.
To use it you have to tell it where to find the news, as mentioned by Steve, and then wait while it downloads a list of all newsgroups. LIke Captain Oates' last walk, this can take some time.
Full instructions are given.
As there are something like 60,000 newsgroups in total you should find something you like. Many of them are populated by weirdos whilst some are the preserve of gentlemen and scholars, like this forum.