Subscribing to a newsgroup does not mean that you pay to read it. This is a thread. A long succession of messages all stemming from an original. As you read newsgroups, you will encounter threads as well as some attempts to start threads. Spamming is similar to a mass mailing, but Internet style.
Spams are typically blatent calls for readers to visit a commercial website.
Additionally, these messages are often posted to many newsgroups simultaeneously. Please do not spam . As with the Internet in general, newsgroups take full advantage of the unregulated nature that makes the Internet what it is. On the Menu Bar - Click on Window . A new window pops-up.