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This page contains links to discussion groups, mailing lists, chat rooms and newsgroups. See Internet magazines for specific e-mail newsletters.

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Creating Community: Learn how to build community for your Web site. Aside from increasing traffic, building community will bring life to your site.

DejaNews (*): A searchable archive of USENET news.
E-Mail Discussion Groups/Lists - Resources: A one-stop information resource about e-mail discussion groups or "lists."
E-Zine-List: John Labovitz's e-zine-list, one of the oldest and most comprehensive, keyword browsing only.
EzineSeek: Searchable/browsable database of lists. Part of the List-Universe network.
ForumOne: An index of Web-based discussions tracking over 300,000 discussion forums. Indexes many discussions from popular sites like ZDnet, InfoWorld, Wired, and Computer World.
Internet Scout New Lists: Announce and browse new mailing lists.
List-Universe(*): Comprehensive resource for list owners. Promotion tips, ad swaps, list reviews and much more.
Liszt: "The mailing list directory." Based on a mailing list spider, Liszt finds and categorizes mailing lists and newsgroups into a searchable directory.
New-List.com: Targeted Mailing lists for announcing new mailing lists!
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (PAML): A list of mailing lists. First started in 1981! By Stephanie da Silva.
SuperNews: Web based newsreader and search engine allows you to search, read, and post to thousands of USENET newsgroups. Free 30 day trial.
WWW-topic Mailing Lists: Provided and maintained by the W3C.
tile.net-Lists: Searchable index of Lyris, Majordomo, LISTSERV, Listproc, and other lists.
Usenet Providers: Tips on shopping around for a News server; what to look for and where to look.

AOL Instant Messenger: One of the most popular messenger/chat services on the Net. GO Network Chat; Large chat network, wide variety of topic-oriented chat rooms.
ICQ: Internet tool that informs you who's on-line at any time and enables you to contact them at will. Among the functions available are: chat, message, e-mail, and URL and file transfer.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Help(*): IRC is the most popular way to do real-time chat on the Internet. You'll find all the information you need to get started here: clients, servers, FAQs, and much more.
MSN Messenger Service: Popular messenger/chat service from Microsoft.

DigiChat: Java chat client that is server-based. Available for Macintosh, Windows and Unix web servers.
Gooey: Windows browser add-on that allows users to chat with anyone visiting the same web site. Works with all major browsers.
iChat: This company develops software which enables interaction on any Web or intranet site to build community and interact with customers.
Lucid Chat: provides real-time text streaming without Java, ActiveX, or a Netscape plug-in. Some of the chat's core features are made possible by JavaScript. Features Web based administration.
ParaChat: A Web-based 100% Pure Java chat software that is customizable, extensible, and easy to use. Also offers additional chat and discussion forums at Anexa.com
PrivateLine: Secure business-oriented communication software: Send a message, chat, or transfer a file using the direct Privateline® message channel.

Expressions Forum: Supports thousands of unlimited forums, users, and messages. Features multi-level boards, hyperlinks and file attachments.
PushPin: A fully threaded, password protectably forum system written in Perl that runs on Unix and NT (Netscape and IIS) that can take advantage of DBM support and FAST-CGI.
Ultimate Bulletin Board: Features a unique interface, extensive administrative features, and easy customization. For Unix and Windows NT.
WebBoard (*): Allows set up with WebBoard's internal web server, or any Windows CGI- or ISAPI-compliant web server. Also features JavaScript based real-time chat.
Web Crossing: Web Crossing works with almost all HTTP servers, and supports the NSAPI, ISAPI, FastCGI and plain CGI interfaces. Available for Windows NT & 95, multiple Unix systems, and Mac OS.
Web Q&A: Conferencing for Windows based servers. Features Web based administration, message editing and searching, multiple forums, and more.

ListProc: Features an intuitive Web interface for subscriber interactions, subscription mangement, and list archive access.
L-Soft International: Makers of ListServ, CataList, and Ease. All designed to make maintaining and finding mailing lists easier.
Lyris: Web-based mailing list software with sophisticated error handling and spam filtering features.
Majordomo: A Perl program which automates the management of Internet mailing lists. It is community-supported free software.
Talklist.com: A service provider for listservers, e-mail discussion groups, talklists, announcement lists and e-zine distribution.

Chat Software: From Yahoo.
Conferencing on the Web (*): A list of Web software for asynchronous group discussions using stored text messages. By David Woolley.
vBulletin.com: This forum software allows you to do things fast with a mySQL-PHP combination.

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Revised: November 18, 1999

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