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Usenet groups and e-mail based discussion groups
What is Usenet? What is the difference between Usenet groups and e-mail based discussion groups?
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Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of a set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified hierarchically by subject. "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software -- these articles are then broadcast to other interconnected computer systems via a wide variety of networks. Some newsgroups are "moderated"; in these newsgroups, the articles are first sent to a moderator for approval before appearing in the newsgroup. Usenet is available on a wide variety of computer systems and networks, but the bulk of modern Usenet traffic is transported over either the Internet or UUCP
Email-based discussion groups are frequently the first place a knowledgeable user will look for help when confronted with a technical problem. Precisely because users may interact directly with other users in search of a solution, discussion groups are a trove of
Information. Their open nature means that not all answers are of similar quality. In contrast, mail exchanges are much more decentralized and free-form. Anyone can email anyone about any subject. Both statements and questions are allowed; a graph of interactions between authors can contain many cycles
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