Opera comes with a built-in news client, with the functionality needed to read and post articles in news groups.
Before you start, make sure you have the Internet address of a news server you can connect to. Ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or system administrator.
If you want to participate in the Opera newsgroups, you can use the Opera news server, news://news.opera.no/.
With an open news window, click to show all news groups on the news server.
News groups are organized hierarchically. Click on a folder to show all news groups that start with the name next to the folder. To narrow down the list of displayed news groups, type text in the input field.
Click on the icon next to a news group to subscribe to the news group. (A checkmark will appear on the icon.) Click again to cancel the subscription.
To show your subscribed news groups, click again. To show all news groups again, click once more. Press Q and A on the keyboard to navigate and select in the list of news groups.
Click to mark all articles in the selected group as read, and click on a news group to open a new window with the latest articles.
Click an article in the list of articles to read it.
To participate in a particular discussion, you can post a follow-up article to an article already posted by someone else. You can use e-mail to reply directly to the author of an article or forward interesting articles to others.
From the View menu, you can...
Click in a news window to compose an article to post in a news group.
Tip: It is generally recommended to read a few articles in a news group before you post articles yourself, so that you may understand the rules and etiquette that applies to that group.
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