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Google Groups is a service from Google that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests. Until February 2024, the Groups service also provided a gateway to Usenet newsgroups, both reading and posting to them, [1] via a shared user interface.
A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet.They are not only discussion groups or conversations, but also a repository to publish articles, start developing tasks like creating Linux, sustain mailing lists and file uploading.
Now, moderated newsgroups may appear in any hierarchy, typically with .moderated added to the group name. Usenet newsgroups in the Big-8 hierarchy are created by proposals called a Request for Discussion, or RFD. The RFD is required to have the following information: newsgroup name, checkgroups file entry, and moderated or unmoderated status.
alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy. alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics. alt.sex.stories — text-based erotic stories of all types. alt.suicide.holiday — pro-choice discussion of suicide. alt.tv.simpsons — discusses the TV show The Simpsons.
The Big 8 Management Board was originally created in 2005 from former moderators of the news.announce.newgroups. [4] The board's mission is to: create well-named, well-used newsgroups in the Big-8 Usenet hierarchies; make necessary adjustments to existing groups; remove groups that are not well-used; and
Gmane (pronounced "mane") is an e-mail to news gateway. It allows users to access electronic mailing lists as if they were Usenet newsgroups, and also through a variety of web interfaces. Since Gmane is a bidirectional gateway, it can also be used to post on the mailing lists.
Newsgroups – a list of one or more newsgroups where the article is intended to appear; Distribution – (optional) a supplement to Newsgroups, used to restrict circulation of articles. Date – the time when the article was created; Path – a list of the servers an article passed through on its way to the local server
Two computer scientists Jim Ellis and Tom Truscott founded the idea of setting a system of rules to produce "articles", and then send back to their parallel news group. [4] Fundamentally, the form of discussion group was generated on the concept of USENET, which emphasised ways of communication via email and web forums.