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"Windigo" <windigo(a)@paganplanet.com> wrote in message
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> I'll bite. What exactly is the purpose of this group?
USENET is a worldwide system of discussion groups in which millions of
people participate. There are tens of thousands of different Usenet groups,
and anyone on the Internet may participate for free.
Usenet was originally designed to carry local news between two universities
in North Carolina. For this reason, Usenet groups are often referred to as
NEWSGROUPS, even though, today, they are used as public forums for
discussions. Similarly, Usenet itself is sometimes referred to as THE NEWS
or NETNEWS.
Within each newsgroup, people send messages, called ARTICLES, for other
people to read. Once an article is sent to a group, anyone in the world may
read it.
Each Usenet group has a unique name. The name consists of two or more parts,
separated by periods. For example, here are the names of several groups:
alt.celebrities
biz.marketplace.international
k12.news
news.newusers.questions
rec.parks.theme
sci.chem
soc.women
talk.environment
Much of the time, you can guess the purpose of a Usenet group just by
looking at its name. For example, news.newusers.questions is for new users
to ask questions about Usenet. The group talk.environment is for people to
debate topics devoted to the environment.
Usenet groups are organized into HIERARCHIES. When you look at the name of a
group, the first part of the name is the hierarchy. For example, the news
hierarchy contains groups in which people discuss Usenet itself. The talk
hierarchy is for debate.