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USENET What are Newsgroups? Different ways to use Newsgroups Getting setup with Newsgroups Reading messages in a Newsgroup Posting a message to a newsgroup Newsgroup Netiquette VSNL Specific Newsgroups A Glossary of Terms Getting more help

Most people spend their time using Usenet to read messages. Occasionally, they might post, but the bulk of time is usually spent on reading Usenet posts. This section deals with how you can read these messages.

Open up a particular newsgroup

1. Click the Windows Start button. Choose Programs | Netscape... | Netscape Collabra

2. Click the little plus symbol next to news.vsnl.net.in (The name of your news server) or next to news depending on your setup. It should cause it to expand and show the contents which, hopefully, should be the newsgroups you have subscribed to.

3. Double-click the newsgroup you'd like to see.

4. That newsgroup should open up and you can start reading the messages in it.

View a threaded discussion

By default, Netscape will thread the messages it receives. That means that the original post and other people's replies to that post will go under the same tree, making it easy to follow a discussion. Click on the little plus symbol next to the article to see replies to that particular post.

That's really all there is to reading. Reading is the easy part. Posting articles is the next step in making your voice heard by everyone.

Posting a message to a newsgroup