 Do you know what a bulletin board is? Well, a
newsgroup is an electronic version of
it.Have you been in a room which had
multiple bulletin boards? This is often seen at a university
or a dorm, or a student lounge. Well, a
news server is an electronic version of a room reserved for
bulletin boards!
Learn more -- if
you are interested in additional material -- about news servers and
newsgroups.
OK, so is using a newsgroup as easy as using a
bulletin board? The answer is that it is just as easy as using
email.
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Sending and
receiving an email reply |
Sending and
receiving a bulletin board response |
 Compose an e-mail using your favorite
program, be it Outlook, Eudora, Netscape Communicator,
or Outlook Express |
Compose a bulletin board message using your
favorite program, be it Agent,
Free Agent, Gravity, Netscape Communicator,
or Outlook Express |
 Send it with the click of
a button to anyone around the world who is connected to
the Internet |
 Post the message to the
virtual global bulletin board with the click of a
button. Just keep in mind that you are posting to
a public space -- make sure you write only that which
you are willing to share with the whole world. |
 The recipient
of the message reads it and, if interested, replies. |
 Others read
your message. Any interested person can post a
response to your message. |
 You get the
reply and read what it says. |
 You
visit the bulletin board again and see if
someone has posted a response to your message. |
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