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From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How can others access USENET?
Message-ID: <1989Aug26.215312.16548@twwells.com>
Date: 26 Aug 89 21:53:12 GMT
References: <3337@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Organization: None, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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In article <3337@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> rws@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (r.w.stubblefield) writes:
: I have recently recommended USENET to some folks that I have
: exchanged e-mail with.  Some of them have asked me how to get
: access to USENET.  Are there any general guidelines I can give them
: on how to obtain USENET access?  Two such folks are on arpanet;
: another is on BITNET.

They have several choices. Among them:

    1) They may already have Usenet access and just don't know it.
       They should check with their system administrators before
       doing anything else.

    2) Find a site that is willing to let them sign on and read the
       news. There are commercial sites that do this; they may also
       be able to find a friendly site locally.

    3) Set up a Usenet connection on a system they have access to.
       This may be a nontrivial effort and requires finding a site
       that is willing to forward the news. Again, there are
       commercial sites that will do this; most prominent being uunet.

    4) If they want to read and post to a very low volume newsgroup
       or newsgroups, they may be able to find a site that is willing
       to mail news to them and post received mail.

If all else fails, they can send me e-mail and I'll see what I can
do. My site is available for any of the last three options.

In any case, *please* have them read the postings in
news.announce.newusers before they post anything.

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