While reading news you will see several different views. Each view represents a different level of detail or functionality. The different views are:
Before you can use news for the first time you will probably have to configure Netscape to point to your USENET news server. Set the hostname of your NNTP server in the "Directories, applications, and news" section of the preferences configuration menu. The preferences menu can be opened by selecting "Preferences" under the options menu.