Purpose: to discuss [Usenet] newsgroups and list some of the more useful ones for [Tcl] programmers

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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:

   * news:comp.lang.tcl (see [the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup])
   * news:comp.lang.tcl.announce
   * news:fr.comp.lang.tcl
   * news:comp.lang.perl.tk

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[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.
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[LV] Note that http://groups.google.com/ provides a WWW based interface
to posting to a variety of newsgroups.  The process requires you to
obtain a verified login to google, and the turn around for reading
posts is slow, but it does provide an alternative for those who
have difficulties accessing the groups via [nntp].

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Feel free to list other newsgroups which cover tcl to some degree.



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