<s>
Usenet	B-Application
,	O
a	O
worldwide	O
distributed	O
Internet	O
discussion	O
system	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
Web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
through	O
dedicated	O
news	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroups	O
are	O
traditionally	O
accessed	O
by	O
a	O
newsreader	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
must	O
obtain	O
a	O
news	B-Application
server	I-Application
account	O
and	O
a	O
newsgroup	O
reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Web-based	B-Protocol
Usenet	I-Protocol
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
technical	O
aspects	O
of	O
setting	O
up	O
an	O
account	O
and	O
retrieving	O
content	O
are	O
alleviated	O
by	O
allowing	O
access	O
with	O
one	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
is	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
viewing	O
via	O
any	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
interface	O
offered	O
by	O
Web-based	B-Protocol
Usenet	I-Protocol
providers	O
is	O
typically	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
Usenet	B-Application
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
setup	O
for	O
Web-based	B-Protocol
Usenet	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
as	O
easy	O
as	O
navigating	O
through	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
the	O
provider	O
's	O
Web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-based	B-Protocol
Usenet	I-Protocol
is	O
especially	O
useful	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
but	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
,	O
or	O
do	O
not	O
know	O
how	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
,	O
a	O
traditional	O
newsreader	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
and	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
largest	O
Web-based	B-Protocol
Usenet	I-Protocol
archive	O
(	O
consisting	O
of	O
over	O
700	O
million	O
posts	O
dating	O
from	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1981	O
)	O
until	O
its	O
advanced	O
search	O
functionality	O
became	O
nonfunctional	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Easynews	B-Application
appears	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
regularly	O
updated	O
and	O
reliable	O
way	O
to	O
access	O
newsgroups	O
through	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
