Thread: mobile phones?
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Old 02-03-2005, 11:14   #17
entwisi
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Re: mobile phones?

Willow its a Usenet group. You access it through a newsreader. Most people use Outlook Express for this but I would recommend Forte Free Agent as a much better tool. Thunderbird also has built in News reading.

You can view it through Google Groups but it is usually about 20 mins behind.

Let me know if you need help setting it up.


Usenet is a set of about 40K groups discussing anything and everything. They are mainly text based(although there are some binaries groups where dubious things tend to be traded). They are threaded converstaions a bit like a message board and you can usually find a group about anything you can think of.

Each group has an FAQ which sets out the rules of that group. The best way to get a handle on how a group works is to watch it for a while(lurk) to see how others behave.


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