Purpose: to discuss Usenet newsgroups and list some of the more useful ones for Tcl programmers
A usenet group, also known as a newsgroup, is a collection of usenet articles. It is different from a web site, a mailing list, a bulletin board, and most other constructs.
Usenet groups can be public (meaning that they may be accessed via many servers) or private (meaning that the articles are accessed via a small number of servers - perhaps one). Some private newsgroups are protected so that one needs a password. Even though a newsgroup may be public, that does not guarantee access to it via any particular news server or archive though - each usenet provider has the freedom to pick and choose what newsgroups they provide. A URL for a public newsgroup follows the form 'news followed by a colon followed by the newsgroup name (which generally follows the form of a tree hierarchy separated by periods).
Some public newsgroups relating to Tcl are:
kroc 5 March 2004 - news.kroc.tk provides free access to comp.lang.tcl comp.lang.tcl.announce and fr.comp.lang.tcl for tclers who need it. Just e-mail me the wanted login and password to subscribe.
Feel free to list other newsgroups which cover tcl to some degree.