#USENET NEWSGROUPS READER SOFTWARE#

Similar to another early (yet still used) protocol SMTP which is used for email messages, NNTP allows both server-server and client-server communication. In recent years, this form of open discussion on the Internet has lost considerable ground to individually-operated browser-accessible forums and big media social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.Д¬ommunication is facilitated by the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) which allows connection to Usenet servers and data transfer over the internet.

#USENET NEWSGROUPS READER SOFTWARE#

Newsreader software is used to read the content of newsgroups.Д«efore the adoption of the World Wide Web, Usenet newsgroups were among the most popular Internet services, and have retained their noncommercial nature in contrast to the increasingly ad-laden web. Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web. They are discussion groups and are not devoted to publishing news.

JSTOR ( November 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ДЄ Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.

Usenet newsgroups reader