By far the most common method of communication, email has become common enough that its a common to see a personal email address on a business card, as it was to see a fax number about 10 years ago. Your email address, like your home address, is unique. Usually, you are able to choose what will appear in the yourname portion of the address. The companyname is actually the address of the ISPs web site. Listserves A listserve is simply a list of email addresses, and is a popular method for communicating to a group of people.
Listserve software automates the process of sending out a message to many people at once.
Most chat groups center around a particular subject. To join a chat room, you simply sign in, then begin typing messages to other people who have also signed in. The quality of your conversation depends on who, at that moment, is actually sitting at another computer and typing messages back to you. News Groups News Groups are similar to chat rooms, only they are not live. Most are centered around a particular subject, and after you sign on to a news group you are able to view and post messages about that subject.