[portaouflop]

I disagree. I might have been born a generation too late but I think mailing lists are terrible, horrible way to communicate.

My favourite is text forums - I guess shows when I was socialised online

[em-bee]

text forums are just a web interface for mailinglists, or vice versa. google groups and others can (or could) support both, and usenet news too. they are all just messages. the difference is only the tool you use to display them.