MyNews - Creating own newsgroups

MyNews allows you to create your own newsgroups:

• Use the guide function "Add newsgroup" for easy setup.
• Type in the name of the group you want to create (It should start with mynews.) The usage of the naming convention from the Usenet (hierarchial concept) is highly recommended.
• Tell your friends the name of the new group and ask them to add it, too.
• Perhaps you want to publish the creation of your new group in the announce groups:
  • mynews.config
  • mynews.announce.usenet-groups
• Your newsgroup will be available to all MyNews-users who know of its existance, have created it on their computers and have access to others.
• Make sure that there is always one MyNews server (with this group) running all the time to guarantee propagation of the messages

Warning !

If you are adding newsgroups from existing Usenet hierarchies (Big8, country specific, company specific) - then be sure that they exist!

Adding newsgroups which has not been discussed and properly created in such managed hierarchies might be considered rogue - and you might run into a lot of trouble.

Recommended (and non-restricted) groupnames for own hierarchies should start with:

• mynews.****
• private.****
• local.****

Some additional remarks:

• If nobody creates (participates) your newsgroup, then you are alone!
• If just lurkers create your newsgroup then you have to entertain them alone!
• Creating a newsgroup is one thing - running it and keeping it alive is a different job.
• You can also create newsgroups in the 'normal' Usenet hierarchies - but this not recommended
  For example: alt.video.startrek
  But as long as this group does not 'officially' exists in the Usenet it will be distributed only among MyNews-users.

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