Active Public Newsservers List
Automatically updated. Can be sorted by number of groups or by speed.
http://services.triceron.com/usenet/srvlist.php
Aioe.org Public News server
A public news server which allows the users to post 25 messages per day from every IP without authentication. This is a text only server.
http://news.aioe.org/
Albasani.net
A private project providing free access to text-only newsgroups. Registration required.
http://news.albasani.net/
Bytemine
Provides free access to text-only newsgroups upon request.
http://news.bytemine.net/
Cnntp.org
Provides free access to text-only newsgroups. Registration required; server status and statistics available.
http://www.cnntp.org/
Datemas Internet News Server
Provides free access to text newsgroups only. Registration required.
http://news.datemas.de/
Disenter
List of public news servers. Search for servers carrying particular newsgroups. Provides some statistics on listed servers.
http://www.disenter.com/
Dotsrc.org: Usenet
Provides public access to local, danish, and some international newsgroups, and closed access to Aalborg University campus newsgroups.
http://dotsrc.org/usenet/
Free Usenet News Servers
List with search utilities to help find servers which match your interests.
http://freenews.maxbaud.net/
List of Open NNTP News Servers
Collection of public servers that may carry newsgroups not supported by a given ISP's server and links to commercial ones. Includes information to decode yEnc attachments.
http://www.elfqrin.com/hacklab/pages/nntpserv.php
News.motzarella.org
A private project providing free access to text-only newsgroups. SSL encryption and a web gateway based on the open source NewsPortal software are available, as well as UUCP Batches on demand.
http://news.motzarella.org/
News.tornevall.net
Provides free access to text-only newsgroups. Registration required; detailed information and statistics about the server available.
http://news.tornevall.net/
Newsparrot
A collection of servers regularly tested and verified to check for the availability of newsgroups, headers, speed and posting.
http://www.newsparrot.co.uk/
Newzbot
Searchable, sorted list of open news servers.
http://www.newzbot.com/
Open News Network
A network both in the technological and in the social sense. It aims to provide open, non commercial access to text based Usenet.
http://www.open-news-network.org/
Triceron Usenet
List of free open news servers and a search engine to help find servers carrying a given newsgroup.
http://special.triceron.com/usenet/
Usenet4all.se
Provides free access to text newsgroups only. Registration by sending an empty e-mail required.
http://www.usenet4all.se/
X-Privat
Provides free and corporate anonymous NNTP and other network services. A completely free Usenet access is available for text-only newsgroups. Offers free SSL encryption with all accounts.
http://www.x-privat.org/