Genius Advice

 Here's a couple of good links to tutorials for newsgroups I use them a lot and find them very fast and loaded with good stuf

http://www.smr-usenet.com/tutor/smartpar3.shtml

the best newsreader I've found (but not the only one recommended)

http://www.shemes.com/index.php?p=features

The best way to search newsgroups

http://www.newzbin.com/

Not all ISP will carry the best binary groups it varies from one provider to another there are some pay newsservers out there with good retention time and a large number of groups.Anyway happy hunting.