Reminder - OIT's Usenet news server to be retired December 22, 2008
Newspost
OIT's Usenet news server (grapevine/dailyplanet), currently accessible via
such programs as Thunderbird, Outlook Express, tin, trn, etc., will be retired
on December 22, 2008. Usage of this service has waned in recent years, and
the information resources it provides to campus are now available via other
means, including FYI announcements and postings on OIT's home and Help Desk
Web pages. Other Usenet-related capabilities are offered at numerous
network-accessible venues, a few of which are listed below:
* http://groups.google.com - Google Groups provides searchable access to
most of Usenet and allows for the creation of public, announce-only, and
restricted groups.
* http://news.motzarella.org/ provides free read and write access to all text
newsgroups. It requires a registration that can be done online.
* http://www.disenter.com/ lists public news servers that can be freely
accessed to read and post news.
* http://www.newzbot.com/ also provides a list of public news servers, the
ability to find a server that carries a particular list, as well as general
information on USENET.
If you have any questions, please contact the OIT Student Help Desk at
301.405.1400 or the OIT Faculty/Staff Help Desk at 301.405.1500.