Newsgroups in Tile.net are organized by index, description, and newsgroup hierarchy. Moderated vs. Unmoderated In unmoderated newsgroups, the local news server software normally makes messages posted to the newsgroup available for reading soon after they are posted, and the messages then spread to other news servers over the next few days. In a moderated newsgroup, the local news server software will automatically e-mail the message to a moderation address, where a moderator acts as a gatekeeper, posting to the newsgroup only those messages which the moderator allows to be posted. Before you post a message to a newsgroup, please refer to such guides as Netscape's Net Etiquette . Instant messages are an online conversation between two or more people who have CompuServe 2000, AOL Instant Messenger or America Online software.
Instant messages are private and free.
It's a whole new way of communicating that's fast, simple and totally addictive. There are four other instant messaging services. One is called PAL and is offered by Excite . Apparently AOL or CompuServe members can't talk to either Yahoo, InfoSeek, ICQ or PAL members. All five systems are separate.