The purpose of our Usenet tutorial section is to provide you with information and resources to better understand newsgroups. Whether you want to get setup and running quickly or your looking to dive in and learn more about the history of Usenet this section provides all the necessary links. The tutorial is broken into sections so that you can pick and choose based on your Usenet experience and interests.
Usenet Quick Start & Beginner’s Guides
- Usenet Quick Start : Usenet Quick Start Guide
- Usenet Providers – Choosing a Usenet Newsgroup Provider
- Newsreader Software – Tips for Choosing a Usenet Newsreader
- Secure Usenet – Using SSL and VPN to Secure Usenet Access
Help Downloading and Posting
- Usenet Clients – Beginner’s Guide to Usenet Clients
- Usenet Servers & Ports – Logging into Usenet Servers
- Password RAR’s – Avoiding Password Protected RAR’s
- Posting to Usenet – How to Upload / Post Content to Usenet
Intermediate Usenet Tutorials
- NZB Files – What are NZB Files and How to Use Them
- RAR Files – How to use WinRAR for extracting/UnRAR
- 7-ZIP Files – How to Extract / UnRAR Files with 7-Zip
- PAR Files – How to Use QuickPar to Repair RAR Files
More Guides and Some Usenet History
- NZB Files – Learn more about NZB Files
- NFO Files – Learn more about NFO files
- RAR Files – Learn more about RAR Files
- PAR Files – Learn more about PAR2 files
- Network News Transfer Protocol – NNTP explained
- Famous Usenet Posts – WWW, Linux, Netscape
- Usenet 30 Years Ago – OldUse.net Feed
- Traffic Shaping – Test Your ISP for Throttling
- The Great Downsizing – 2011 Newsgroup Downsizing
- Usenet Completion – NZB Commpletion Checker
- DMCA Requests – DMCA Requests Effect on Usenet
- Eternal September – The September that Never Ended
- Google Groups – Google Groups vs. Traditional Newsgroups
Online Usenet / Newsgroup Resources
- Usenet tutorials and guides – Usenet Learning Center
- List of Usenet resources – Newsgroup Dashboard
- Newsgroup charters – Newsgroups Directory
- Wikipedia Usenet page – Wikipedia – Usenet
- Useful Usenet terms – Usenet Terms Defined