Groups are accessible with specialized software such as Free Agent or through browsers with built-in newsgroup support such as Netscape's . You can jump directly from a Web page to a newsgroup from some sites. Airnews offers the most complete newsgroup access on the Internet, but for a monthly fee. You can also use some news servers for free. These are provided by companies such as Microsoft to access software discussions, etc.
Many news server allow the creation of new groups only for the local server community.
Local system administrators can choose not to make certain newsgroups available through their servers. There are several major categories into which newsgroups have been classified. Point out good sites of interest Specific groups which might provide information on crime, policing, courts, prisons, etc. are actually rather rare, but there are at least 100.