Learn how to read Usenet posts

Overview

• How does the reply system work?
• What are signatures good for?
• What is the meaning of all these abbreviations?
• What are smileys?
• Other important structures within posts

Related Links

The following links take you to pages that are not part of TGOS.org, thus they will open in a new browser window.

• Alphabet Soup
  Page with all known chat-abbreviation on the Net. If you see any abbreviation that you don't know, here you will find its meaning.
  (owned by Nigel Thomas)
   
• Internet Smileys
  A very big list of classic smileys, for your inspiration or just to look up a smiley that you found inside a Usenet post.
  (owned by Terence)
   
• Japanese Simleys
  A page showing you a bigger list of Japanese smileys, their meanings and what's behind them. The biggest list I know so far.
  (owned by Shase)

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