how do I use newsgroup server?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
news:j6562i$gov$1 at digitalmars.com...
> "%u" <yoyo at yo.com> wrote in message news:j655f0$fm8$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Hello.
>>
>> I go to digitalmars to read digitalmars.D.learn newsgroup, but I
>> have to click the http link.  The http interface is kind of
>> awkward.  I'd like to try the newsgroup link.
>>
>> But, I don't know how to use it.  How do I?  Is there a client I
>> can download and use for free that you recommend?  I did a search
>> and found a few usenet readers.  Can I use that?  I'd like to give
>> it a try, but these days, I don't know if I can trust the sites.
>>
>> Anyways, thanks!
>
> Pretty much any email client. (That is, *real* email clients, not that 
> webmail junk.) I use Outlook Express ("Windows Mail" in the Mac-alike 
> versions of Windows). Many people here use Thunderbird. And I'm told that 
> Opera has a built-in NG client that some people like too.
>

If you do want to use a web interface, The Mail Archive ( 
http://www.mail-archive.com/ ) is fantastic. But it's read-only; you can't 
post through it.