Newsgroups

Newsgroups are bulletin boards on the internet. Here at UB, there are many topics including a newsgroup for many classes, announcements, classifieds, job postings, computers, and many more.

How do I access newsgroups?

You can use any news reader to access our news server. Simply set your news reader up to use the following:

Newsgroup (NNTP) Server: news.buffalo.edu

Pine, an email and news reader program which is available on UBUnix, is setup to use our news.buffalo.edu server by default. Documentation for using Pine specifically for reading news is also available.

How do I access newsgroups from off-campus?

Our news server, news.buffalo.edu, is accessible if you connect to the Internet access via UB (i.e. dialing into Remote Access, ResNet, OpenPort, in an on-campus office, or on a Unix computer within buffalo.edu). If you are accessing the internet by some other means, you will have to use your ISP's news server. University related newsgroups (sunyab.*) will be unavailable to you from your ISP's news server. You can access the University news server from your ISP with VPN software.

NOTE: Our news server, news.buffalo.edu is not accessible from the affiliated Buffalo hospitals.

How can I get a newsgroup created for an official University function?

You may request a newsgroup by sending email to requests@buffalo.edu.