Newsgroups

Usenet and Newsgroups Explained

Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications systems still in widespread use. It acts like a giant newspaper with few editorial standards; public messages ("articles") are posted and propogated to all news servers worldwide.

Given that a newspaper with millions of "reporters" would be an unusable mess, Usenet is divided into "newsgroups" which cover various topics, just as a newspaper is divided into various sections. While your local newspaper may have a few sections, Usenet has tens of thousands of newsgroups.

Newsgroups are typically accessed with special client software that connects to a news server (for example NewsBin http://www.newsbin.com). When a user subscribes to a newsgroup, the news client software keeps track of which articles that user has read. The software will ask you for your news server which you will need to enter news.adam.com.au and it will ask for your username and password which is username@adam.com.au* and your password.

*Please note that to avoid abuse, your account name will be visible on all outgoing posts.

Adam Internets Premium Newsgroup Plans

Standard Newsgroup Access:
The standard Newsgroup Access comes with 10gb of included download usage per month* and is enabled for free on all Adam Internet ADSL accounts by default.

Silver Newsgroup Access:
If you upgrade for the reasonable fee of $6.50 per month, the Silver Newsgroup Access comes with 40gb of included download usage*. Changing to Silver Access requires a 3 month minimum period.

*Newsgroup usage is reset on the first of the month and is not based on your broadband billing cycle. This data also counts towards your external download usage.

Newsgroups Support

To view information on how to set up Newsgroups through Outlook Express, Click Here

To check your current Newsgroup settings and quota information, you can log into the Members Services Area and select the 'Newsgroup Manager'. Please note there may be a delay between the data you have currently downloaded and the data that is presented in this system.

 

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