0 a collection of messages that are shown on the internet and have been written by people interested in a particular subject: --
1 a place on the internet where people who are interested in a particular subject can exchange messages about it, or the people who use this place: --
The user must obtain a news server account and a newsgroup reader.
Some hold the opinion that the newsgroup should deal with funk music alone, and that the large amount of rap traffic be directed elsewhere.
Until then, all newsgroups' post totals could be stored as a 32-bit number.
Typically, the newsgroup is focused on a particular topic of interest.
Some admins keep articles in local or technical newsgroups around longer than articles in other newsgroups.
For newsgroups that are not widely carried, sometimes a carrier group is used for crossposting to aid distribution.
Newsgroups tend to be poorly organized and flooded with content that is off-topic or spam.
The and newsgroups have been active since 1992 and 1993, respectively.
