The most important is arrange the presentation order of the newsgroups so that the ones that are most interesting to you show up first. Additionally, most newsreaders have a host of options for tailoring news to your needs. Once you've gotten familiar with the basic feel of the newsreader, read through the manual for learn to how to set these options. New users should subscribe to news.announce.newusers. Machines must be registered with the Internet's Domain Name Service in order to use news.
Outsiders have access to the nf.
If your article is not accepted for posting, it is probably because there was a temporary resource problem on the news server. When it refuses an article, the server sends back an error message saying why. Most newsreader programs will then print this on your screen. The most common problem is lack of disk space on the server, in which case you should save the article to post later. Disappearing articles are generally the result of articles being cancelled due to a violation of the charter of a group.