Newsreader (Usenet)

A newsreader is a software application that reads articles on Usenet distributed throughout newsgroups.

[1] Newsreaders act as clients which connect to a news server, via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), to download articles and post new articles.

The term newsreader is sometimes (erroneously) used interchangeably with news aggregator.

[citation needed] Newsreaders that help users to adhere to the established conventions of Usenet, known as netiquette, are evaluated by the Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval (GNKSA).

There are several different types of newsreaders, depending on the type of service the user needs—whether intended primarily for discussion or for downloading files posted to the alt.binaries hierarchy:[3]