Although, as with all protocols, you should have little need to concern yourself with this. News articles are a very powerful means of communication via the Internet. Usenet News, for simplicities sake, is a humongous database of selected topics. Virtually every facet of life can be found somewhere in the article listings. Performa Services' News feed is moderated.
Most topics are available to read, and respond to.
Permits the sending and receiving of electronically transmitted messages to any other addressable location on the Internet. Most everyone knows what this is. If you need more information, give us a call. If your message can not be delievered normally, usually within 4 hours from the time you sent it, you will have a notice explaining the same in your mailbox, as well as the reason. DNS stands for Domain Name Service.