News Servers

Intro
A news server is a set of software used to handle Usenet articles. It may also refer to a computer itself which is primarily or solely used for handling Usenet. Usenet is a worldwide distributed discussion system. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP dial-up network architecture.

Usages:
A reader server provides an interface to read and post articles, generally with the assistance of a news client. A transit server exchanges articles with other servers. Most servers can provide both functions.