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What is a Newsgroup?

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Put simply, a newsgroup is an online discussion forum where individuals can post and reply to articles viewable by all members of a specific newsgroup.

Many individual topics have their own unique newsgroups where all relevant discussions take place.

Conceptually, you can think of Usenet as similar to the world-wide-web, while newsgroups are similar to individual sites on the web. Usenet is one of many networks available on the broader Internet. Usenet and newsgroups operate on a transitory storage basis where storage is finite and the newest posts replace the oldest posts in each newsgroup.

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Video Three –Searching the List of Newsgroups

Summary:Video three explains what a newsgroup technically is and how to find and subscribe to newsgroups in Microsoft Outlook Express and Newsbin Pro.

Because the video tutorials present information in a slightly different format than the web versions, we encourage you to view the video in its entirety. If you wish to skip to the "What is a Newsgroup" section, seek to 00:22.

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