| There are plenty of Usenet tutorials out there. | | | | If you're interested in the Usenet, you've likely |
| Some of them are enormously useful and others | | | | heard about the huge amount of downloadable |
| are simple sales pitches. If you're looking to learn | | | | content that's available on the newsgroups. |
| more about this technology, you'll want to choose | | | | Searching for this content is much different than |
| good tutorials from which to learn. You can easily | | | | is searching for content on the Internet at large. |
| determine the good from the bad by assessing | | | | To that end, the better review sites will have |
| what topics they cover. For the new user, there | | | | extensive tutorials about the process. You'll need |
| are some elements of this technology that will be | | | | to read tutorials about the following subjects, for |
| almost certainly new and which will require you to | | | | certain: NBZ files, file compression, binaries and |
| take in some new information. This information, | | | | newsgroup readers. The last item, newsgroup |
| however, is rather simple and it can be a lot of | | | | readers, will be the most important, as this is |
| fun to learn. | | | | your key to getting access to the newsgroups at |
| The Usenet is essentially a conversational and file | | | | large. There are certain newsgroup reader |
| sharing technology. The conversations are held on | | | | tutorials that will be more useful than others, |
| what are called newsgroups, which cover a huge | | | | depending upon your plans for the service. |
| array of interests. Read tutorials that tell you not | | | | If you want to download files, you'll need to read |
| only how to find and download the content on | | | | about binaries and how to handle them. Binaries |
| these newsgroups, but which also tell you about | | | | are any type of file that's attached to a |
| etiquette. It's very important that you understand | | | | newsgroup article. A binary can be anything from |
| the rules and that you don't inadvertently become | | | | a video game to a picture to an audio file. If you |
| a troll on the newsgroups. You'll find numerous | | | | just want to get in on the conversations on the |
| tutorials of this type on the newsgroups | | | | newsgroups, you only need a text reader. You |
| themselves, which are great places to learn. The | | | | can get either kind for free, and the review sites |
| better Usenet review sites also have this | | | | will usually list several so you can get started with |
| information. | | | | this flexible and powerful technology! |