Public News Servers

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://www.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/

Findolin Open News Server Search Engine
Searches open news servers for a given binary newsgroup.
http://www.muenz.com/

Free News Servers
A partial list of public or open news servers and links to other web sites that list such servers.
http://ecalame.tripod.com/free.html

Free Usenet News Servers
Continuously updated database of Usenet servers. Includes ability to search for servers based on newsgroups carried and results can be sorted based on various criteria.
http://www.freeusenetnews.com/

Links and FAQ about Open Nntp Servers
A document covering various aspects of open news servers, including a list of available ones. Maintained by Sebastien Willemijns.
http://80.247.230.136/nntpeng.htm

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

Netfinity
Provides free access to text-only newsgroups and a Web gateway is also available. For technical reasons and to avoid abuse, the server can be accessed only from certain Internet Access Providers listed on the site.
http://www.netfinity.fr/

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/

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/

News.tornevall.net
Provides free access to text-only newsgroups. Registration required; detailed information and statistics about the server available.
http://news.tornevall.net/

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/

Permanently Updated List of Interesting News Servers
List of public servers maintained by Henning Weede, moderator in the German de.* hierarchy.
http://home.snafu.de/hweede/pulin.htm

Specialized Public NNTP News Servers
A list of company-operated and deliberately open Usenet news servers.
http://www.nyx.net/~bkraft/

Usenet4all.se
Provides free access to text newsgroups only. Registration by sending an empty e-mail required.
http://www.usenet4all.se/