Newsgroups

The University of Waterloo provides a number of newsgroups which may be accessed via the server news.uwaterloo.ca. There are newsgroups that serve a variety of purposes beyond assistance in a particular course, including:

• uw.test - Used for posting test messages. If you have a need to make a test post to verify the operation of your newsreading software, make it here instead of on one of the other newsgroups.
• uw.cs.partners - In courses where group work is allowed or encouraged, this newsgroup should be used to look for partners so you can avoid cluttering the course newsgroup with such requests. Be sure to include the course in which you're looking for partners in the subject line of your post so it's immediately clear for which course you need a partner.
• uw.general - A broad-topic newsgroup dealing with the university in general. The Daily Bulletin is regularly posted and commented on here.
• uw.cs.ugrad - Features posts relevant to undergraduate CS students, such as employer information sessions.
• uw.cs.csXXX - When XXX is replaced by an appropriate number, this is the newsgroup for a particular CS course if one exists.

Searching the subscription list on news.uwaterloo.ca will show other newsgroups which may be of interest. While reading from off-campus is normally allowed, posting from off-campus requires extra setup.