Accessing Usenet today

Usenet still runs. To read the text groups this directory describes:

1. Pick a server. Eternal-September offers free accounts for text newsgroups and is the usual first stop. Paid providers carry longer retention and the binary hierarchies, which this directory does not cover.

2. Pick a newsreader. Thunderbird still speaks NNTP; on the terminal, tin and slrn remain excellent; dedicated clients exist for every platform.

3. Or read the archives. Google Groups holds much of the historical archive (coverage varies, and the interface is what it is); the Internet Archive preserves substantial Usenet collections, including the early years.

Each group page here links its own Google Groups archive under “Reading this group today”.