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James Lewis guides you through newsgroups

Reading Your News
Places to find out more about Newsreaders

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
—George Bernard Shaw

Just as there are many ways to view the web, read your mail, and transfer files, there are also a variety of ways to read your news. If you are using Netscape and would like to read your news through your browser, we refer you to The Netscape Handbook.

The following sites are dedicated to the pursuit of finding different ways to read newsgroups.

Usenet News Introduction
Besides offering some good basic information, this website discusses various interfaces for reading Usenet, including using your WWW Browser to read the news. This is a good starting place for making your decision about which news reader is best for you.
 
Mac News Readers
A nice list of newsreaders from the Macintosh Watering Hole.
 
MS Windows News Readers
A compilation of newsreaders for Windows from the Stroud's shareware index. The are ratings, reviews, and direct links to download each program.
 
Linux News Readers
A summary of tin, trn, and nn newsreaders including the pros and cons of each.
 
File Transfer Protocol
The Helpweb page on File Transfer Protocol provides some great resources for finding and downloading a variety of programs including news readers.

 

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