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Welcome to www.usenet.com.au --> About.
Usenet.com.au provides a web interface into Usenet making it possible to read and post into various online Usenet discussions without a Usenet account or a Newsreader Client. Please understand that we only gateway 30 popular Australian text newsgroups which represents next to nothing on a grand Usenet scale (where there are over 100,000 newsgroups).
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What is Usenet?
Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, decentralized, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name. Users read and post e-mail-like messages (called "articles" or "posts") to one or more of a number of categories, called newsgroups... < read more >
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History of Usenet
Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications systems still in widespread use. It was established in 1980, following experiments from the previous year, over a decade before the World Wide Web was introduced... < read more >
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Netiquette
Netiquette (neologism, a morphological blend formed from "Internet etiquette") is a catch-all term for the conventions of politeness recognised on Usenet. ... < read more >
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Usenet.com does not control the newsgroups or posts on Usenet in any way whatsoever. We do not create, moderate or control the newsgroups on Usenet. Information contained within Usenet.com.au (when obtained from other online sources) is credited where and when available.
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