Therefore, if you want to keep current with a discussion, you will need to read the newsgroup regularly. OIT announcements are kept for a month. We recommend the newsreader called Tin. Other useful handouts are available. H and Q documents are available at the Help Desk in printed form.
Tin has four separate levels of operation with different commands available at each level.
Threads group articles with the same subject together. The group selection level shows a list of your subscribed newsgroups. A pre -subscribed set of newsgroups is provided for users. This set can be modified to include other newsgroups or delete existing newsgroups. The group level shows the name of the newsgroup and a list of the threads in that newsgroup.