Newsgroup hierarchies The names of newsgroups are divided into different hierarchies, and within these hierarchies, they may be further subdivided. Note that not all news servers in the world carry these kind of newsgroups. Discussions and news on topics related to Singapore. These newsgroups are only carried by news servers in Singapore. These newsgroups are only carried by the NUS news server.
Subsequent hierarchies divide newsgroups more specifically into certain interests within the topics.
Using newsreaders To access Usenet articles in news servers, you need a newsreader. You can use Tin in Unix , and Netscape News or Trumpet in Windows or Macintosh . Please note that with an NUS account you can post articles to Usenet only through the Unix hosts. Tin Tin is a threaded newsreader which displays an index of threads within a newsgroup. It displays an index of articles only when you enter the threads.