Chapter 7 Discussion Groups and Usenet Newsgroups Hyperlinks to the URLs mentioned in this chapter
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• Example of a discussion board "The New York Times: Readers Opinions" http://forums.nytimes.com/comment
• "Discussion Lists: Mailing List Manager Commands"
• "SF-Lovers Digest" http://www.sflovers.org/digest.html
• A forms-based interface for searching the archives http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives
• "LISTSERVS/MAILING LISTS/ DISCUSSION GROUPS " from Arlene Rinaldi's "The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette" http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/dis.html
• Google Groups http://groups.google.com
• Free Agent home page http://forteinc.com/agent/freagent.htm
• "Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies" http://www.magma.ca/~leisen/mlnh
• "Internet FAQ Archives" http://www.faqs.org/faqs

FYI Searching for Discussion Groups

• CataList http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
• Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists http://paml.net
• Tile.Net/List http://tile.net/lists
  

FYI Information About Discussion Groups on the Web

• "Email Discussion Groups/Lists and Resources" http://www.webcom.com/impulse/list.html
• "Internet Mailing Lists Guides and Resources" http://www.ifla.org/I/training/listserv/lists.htm

FYI Useful Usenet Articles

• "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community" http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/primer/part1
• "How to Make the Best Use of Usenet News" http://netscape.com/eng/mozilla/1.1/news/news2.html
• "Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette"
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/emily-postnews/part1/
• "Rules for Posting to Usenet"
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/
• "Hints on Writing Style for Usenet"
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/writing-style/part1/
• "FAQ on Making and Using a .signature File" http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/signature-faq/
• "How to Find the Right Place to Post (FAQ)"
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/finding-groups/general/
• "What is Usenet?"
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1
• "What is Usenet? A second opinion"
  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/Whatis/part2
  

FYI Searching for Newsgroups

• Google Groups http://groups.google.com
• Harley Hahn's Master List of Usenet Newsgroups http://www.harley.com/usenet
• Tile.Net/News http://tile.net/news
  

FYI More Information About Usenet

• "news.newusers.questions Links Page" http://web.presby.edu/~nnqadmin/nnq/nnqlinks.html
• "Usenet: Reading and Writing the News"
  http://webliminal.com/Lrn-web05.html
• "Usenet References" http://www.faqs.org/usenet
  

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