Usenet Newsgroups

An extremely useful source of information is Usenet News. There are many newsgroups devoted to the discussion of Internet applications and problems associated with them. When you are experiencing a problem it is always a good idea to check the newsgroups to see if someone else has reported a problem. Often the solution is not far away!

If you don't have newsgroup software on your computer, DejaNews (http://www.deja.com) is a great place to search through newsgroups.

If you have a newsgroup reader installed and configured, here are some of the more popular Usenet support groups:

• Modems and Communications:
  • comp.dcom.modems
  • comp.dcom.isdn
  • microsoft.public.win95.commtelephony

• Microsoft Windows Networking:
  • comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.misc
  • comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip
  • comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95
  • comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows
  • alt.winsock.trumpet

• Internet E-mail:
  • comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.mail
  • comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows
  • microsoft.public.internet.mail

• WWW Information:
  • comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows
  • comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html

• Usenet News:
  • comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news
  • microsoft.public.internet.news
  • news.software.readers

• General Networking
  • comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
  • comp.protocols.ppp