THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS SITE WILL EVENTUALLY CONTAIN:

• NEWS SERVICES (FREE AND PAY).
• OPEN (PUBLIC) NEWSSERVERS.
• NEWS TOOLS (READING) (SHAREWARE AND FREEWARE).
• NEWS TOOLS (POSTING) (SHAREWARE AND FREEWARE).
• ANONYMITY (SERVICES, TOOLS AND REMAILERS).
• NEWS ARCHIVES
• LINKS

RIGHT NOW THIS PAGE IS A PROJECT IN THE WORKS. I HAVE GONE BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MY EARLY TWENTIES, SO THIS PAGE WILL COME SECOND. HOWEVER, SCHOOLWORK SHOULD NOT INTERFERE TOO BADLY AND I WILL TRY TO KEEP THE PAGE UPDATED AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES WEEKLY.

MY MAIN GOAL WITH THIS PAGE IS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING OF A GUIDE TO USENET THAT THE NEWBIE WILL FIND USEFUL AND THE VETERANS WILL HAVE USE FOR ALSO. THERE IS SOOOO MUCH OUT THERE TO DISCOVER!

FOR NOW, TILL I GET MY ASS IN GEAR, I WILL BE POSTING A LIST OF OPEN SERVERS. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF A SERVER IS LISTED HERE, THAT MEANS THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACCESS IT. MANY SERVERS CLOSE DOWN WHEN THEY DETECT HEAVY USAGE.

NOW, THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE GROUPS I TEST EACH SERVER FOR. IN NO WAY SHOULD THE FACT THAT I TEST FOR THESE GROUPS, BE TAKEN AS PROMOTION OF THESE GROUPS. IN FACT MANY OF THESE GROUPS ARE ABHORRENT TO ME. BUT THE WAY I SEE IT, IF A SERVER CARRIES THESE GROUPS, THEY WILL CARRY ANYTHING.

1. alt.2600
2. alt.2600.warez
3. alt.abortion
4. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bestiality
5. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.early-teens
6. alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pre-teen
7. alt.binaries.warez
8. alt.business
9. alt.censorship
10. alt.test

 

SERVER note:These are not links!! Updated: 7/17/98 7:00 p.m. Central Time	NUMBER OF GROUPS	TEST GROUPS PRESENT	BINARIES??	ALT. GROUPS??	SPEED	POST?
news.siol.net	23684	1-10	GREAT!	GREAT!	MEDIUM	YES
cosmo.legato.com	2007	3,8,9	NO	MANY	FAST	YES
194.250.238.3	15751	1,2,4-10	YES	MANY	SLOW	YES
206.28.168.22	26994	3,4,6.8-10	FEW	MANY	MEDIUM	YES
dana-europe.de	2133	9-10	A FEW	MANY	MEDIUM	YES
homer.tmt.de	13012	1,3,8-10	MANY	GREAT!	FAST	YES
dragon.sk.sympatico.ca	10579	1,3,9,10	MANY	MANY	MEDIUM	YES
flipper.telepar.net.br	30600	1-10	ALL	ALL	MEDIUM	YES
206.240.74.67	21778	1-4,6-10	GREAT	MANY	SLOW	YES
news.uni-sofia.bg	??	1-3,8-10	FEW	MANY	SLOW	YES
news.helsinki.fi	36	0	0	0	FAST	YES
newssrv2.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de	??	9,10	FEW	MANY	MEDIUM	YES
news.uov.net	20750	1-4,6-10	MANY	MANY	FAST	YES
maple.ncs.com.sg	6441	9-10	FEW	MANY	FAST	YES
biko.cc.rochester.edu	4685	9,10	FEW	MANY	FAST	YES
cezanne.op.net	20496	1-10	GREAT!	GREAT!	FAST	YES
news.ctc.edu	8223	8-10	FEW	MANY	FAST	YES
news.gonzaga.edu	6225	1,8-10	NONE	MANY	FAST	YES
news.iim.nctu.edu.tw	??	1-10	GREAT!	GREAT!	FAST	YES
news.ntou.edu.tw	6664	1-2,4-6,8-10	GREAT!	GREAT!	SLOW	YES	`
renfrew.edu.on.ca	4882	1,5-6,8-10	SOME	MANY	SLOW	YES	`

 

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