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+# Tilde Net News
+
+Tilde Net News (NNTP) can be thought of as USENET without the
+spam. Many of the servers on the
+[tildeverse](https://tildeverse.org) run net news and share their
+content with their peers. You can read these newsgroups and
+contribute with replies and posts on topics by using the news
+clients installed on Tilde Black.
+
+## slrn
+
+The main net news client installed on Tilde Black is `slrn`. Users
+can launch slrn like so:
+
+    $ slrn
+
+The first time you run the program you will need to generate a new
+configuration file. Do this by adding the `--create` flag.
+
+    $ slrn --create
+
+Once you are connected you can subscribe to any of the available
+groups that interest you. When you launch the program again at
+a later date, new postings in those groups will show up.
+
+## Groups
+
+All groups beginning with `tilde.*` are part of the public Tilde
+Net News Network and are shared across servers. Tilde Black has
+a general purpose public group called `tilde.black` for this
+purpose.
+
+All groups beginning with `black.*` are private groups only
+available to users of Tilde Black and only visible on the local
+system.
+
+### black.general
+
+### black.privacy
+
+### black.anonymity
+
+### black.security

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   - Using Tilde Black:
     - 'Sign Up': 'sign-up.md'
     - 'SSH over tor': 'ssh-over-tor.md'
+    - 'Tilde Net News': 'net-news.md'
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