USENET Information

Background

USENET  provides an excellent forum for discussion in public forums called newsgroups, using the Internet. A newsgroup gives students the chance to post questions and try to help eachother. Follow these policies when posting messages:

• Never posted before? Use cornell.test to post a test message.
• Use cornell.class.csXXX for course-related questions.
• Post messages according to our e-mail policies and CIT's netnews guidelines.
• Follow all rules of academic integrity! Never post fragments of your programming-assignment code. Instead, you should seek clarification of the underlying concepts, perhaps by pointing to an example discussed in class.
• Save important articles because they will expire in about one week.

How to access USENET on campus

• Refer to CIT's website for instructions.

How to access without Bear Access

• Install a browser with newsgroup capability. The default version of Netscape on Bear Access is an example of a browser that lacks this capability.
• Enter the URL news://newsstand.cit.cornell.edu/cornell.class.csXXX.

How to access USENET from Roadrunner

• Set up Outlook Express to read news.
• Go to Tools→Accounts→News→Add.
• Enter Name, E-mail (cornell), NNTP server:newsstand.cit.cornell.edu.
• Under Properties, tick the box for this server requires me to log on.
• Under Account Name, enter NetID.
• For Password, enter your NetID/Cornell e-mail password.