Israel Academic Network (ILAN) FAQ
What is Usenet news and how does it work in Israel?
Usenet news is a form of distributed electronic discussion.
(note: it is NOT a specific network, although its name might
imply so). The basic difference between Usenet (also known as
Netnews) conferencing and LISTSERV-style conferencing is that
in the former you do not need to subscribe to a certain group
in order for it to get to your site; the information spreads
around the world automatically, and can be accessed at your
convenience. Currently there are well over 30,000 discussion groups
(called "newsgroups") covering a wide area of themes and topics.
In Israel (ILAN), most of the global Usenet news feed is sent to Bar-Ilan
University in compressed format, where it is decompressed, and
distributed to various systems in Israel which have requested
either a full or partial feed of the Usenet groups. Contact your
local computer center for details as to accessing Usenet news.
Below is a partial list of Israeli specific Usenet forums:
- israel.ads.personals
- Israel personal want ads
- israel.amix
- AMIX - Israeli Unix User Group
- israel.dcom.isdn
- ISDN in Israel
- israel.internet
- A forum for discussing all Internet related matters in Israel
- israel.irc
- Israeli IRC discussions
- israel.israel-mideast
- Israel Foreign Ministry press releases
- israel.israeline
- Israel Foreign Ministry press releases
- israel.jobs.misc
- Discussion about employment, workplaces, career
- israel.jobs.offered
- Announcements of positions available
- israel.jobs.resumes
- Postings of resumes and "Situation Wanted"
- israel.lists.aix-il
- IBM's AIX in Israel
- israel.lists.il-ads
- Wants ads of all kinds
- israel.lists.il-board
- General Q&A BBS - not for soapbox talk
- israel.lists.il-fail
- ILAN network failure announcements
- israel.lists.il-talk
- Soapbox discussion: political, religious, etc.
- israel.lists.ioudaios-l
- First Century Judaism Discussion Forum
- israel.lists.nov-il
- Israeli Novell users
- israel.news.admin
- Usenet news discussion forum
- israel.sport.football
- Football/Soccer discussion group
- israel.test
- Send test postings here
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