Google has fully integrated the past 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups, which now offers access to more than 700 million messages dating back to 1981.
This is by far the most complete collection of Usenet articles ever assembled and a fascinating first-hand historical account.
Some of the especially memorable articles and threads are collected in this
timeline.
Notable by absence from that list is
this original and
this update.
It's like diggin' up the floor in the Cellar. You never know
where the bodies are hidden.