Robert Holder <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hi, I am a system administrator here at the > USGS Center for Coastal Geology and we have > plenty of unix boxes running here. I am very > interested in USENET but am having a little > trouble getting info on it... how do I get > newsfeeds? how much disk does it take up? > where do I get the software? (it has to be > free...) Is there anything comparable to > Brendan Kehoe's "Zen and the Art of the > Internet" specifically targeted towards > the USENET neophyte? With tact, a lot, many places, it is, and yes... ;-) Send the following message and you'll be on your way: _______________________________________________________________________ To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Doesn't Matter help send index send usenet/news.announce.newusers/index send usenet/news.announce.newusers/What_is_Usenet? send usenet/news.announce.newusers/How_to_become_a_USENET_site send usenet/news.announce.newusers/USENET_Software:_History_and_Sources quit _______________________________________________________________________ Good Luck! Steve <...who munged together a Usenet site and *then* found this stuff...> ****************************************************************************** * ______ The Unitarian Universalists' List * * / ) \ ------------------ * * / __('__ \ Help and Information: * * | \_ _/ | [log in to unmask] * * | || | List owners: * * \ _-'`-_ / Steve Traugott <[log in to unmask]> * * \ ______ / Richard Childers <[log in to unmask]> * ******************************************************************************