Q:  How can I access the comp.sys.next news groups or any other Usenet news?

Q:  How can I send e-mail to people on the Internet?

A:  This document provides some hints regarding connecting to both Usenet news and Internet electronic mail.  E-mail support is provided using the Unix UUCP facility.  This set of programs allows you to send and receive mail using a modem connected to a phone line. The UUCP facility is also used to download news from a server to your machine.  Once connected to the network through your modem, you can send and receive mail using the NeXT multimedia Mail application.

Here is a small list of companies that provide both e-mail and news service.  This list is by no means complete and NeXT does not endorse any of these vendors.  For more information see the book listed at the end of this document.  

	UUNET Technologies, Inc.
	3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
	Falls Church, VA 22042
	Phone: (703) 876 5050
	Fax: (703) 876 5059
	info@uunet.uu.net

	Performance Systems International Inc.
	11800 Sunrise Valley Dr.
	Suite 1100
	Reston, VA, 22091
	Phone: (703) 620 6651
	Fax: (703) 620 4586

	Portal Communications Company
	10385 Cherry Tree Lane
	Cupertino, CA 95014
	Phone: (408) 973 9111
	Fax:(408) 725 0561
	CS@cup.portal.com

NeXT doesn't supply the programs to read and administer news. However they can be obtained from public servers. See ../NEXTSTEP/Miscellaneous/usenet_netnews_readers_and_locations.rtf for detailed information.

More information about UNIX networks and e-mail can be found in the following book:

	!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
	Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams
	O'Reilly&Associates, Inc.
	ISBN 0-937175-39-0
	
Information about UUCP can be found in the on-line manual pages and network and system administration documentation. The following book provides some additional general information about UUCP and Usenet news:

	Managing UUCP and Usenet
	Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino
	O'Reilly&Associates, Inc.
	ISBN 0-937175-48-X

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