The discussions are in the form of individual messages, called articles, which everyone in the group can read and respond to. When you open a newsgroup, Netscape displays a list of articles for that group. To read network news articles, you need to specify a news host. Then you are ready to display the newsgroups list and start working with newsgroups. If you plan to post articles, you also must specify your email address.
News articles can originate from anywhere on the Internet.
The Newsgroups page lists the newsgroups to which are currently active. Next to each newsgroup name is the number of articles not yet read. You can open each newsgroup to see the articles. The preference settings you have chosen determine how Netscape organizes and displays the newsgroup articles. After searching or browsing to find a newsgroup you like, click to open the newsgroup and view the list of articles.