What is important is that two neighboring systems on USENET have some method to get a new article, in the format listed here, from one system to the other, and once on the receiving system, processed by the netnews software on that system.
- Mark Horton; Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages; RFC 850; June 1983.
The following sections describe how to obtain news reader software, and provide a range of Usenet tips, techniques, and other resources: