Usenet News is a collection of discussion and conferencing groups used by millions of people around the world. Newsgroup topics cover a wide variety of interests from movie fan clubs to discussions about university classes. There are thousands of newsgroups in which people post and read articles. The University of Michigan Usenet News service is run by the Information Technology Division and is offered to faculty, staff, students and U-M Online members free of charge as a part of the Basic Computing Package. The newsgroups that are on the U of M server have been requested by users.

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The official University of Michigan Usenet homepage contains further information on U of M Usenet access, such as a FAQ (Frequently Answered Questions), a chart of current U of M news servers and their specifications, and a Usenet group search engine.