Joining a national or international mailing-list With the help of the section of this Guide on subscribing to a list , join one of the lists you have chosen. If you have not found any list that seems immediately relevant, you could try joining devel-l . Accessing newsgroups 'Newsgroups' are another type of electronic discussion group, distributed via software called Usenet. However, if one is recommended to you, below is a straightforward way to read the messages on these discussion groups. It involves knowing how to use a gopher .
New lists are themselves advertised on the usenet group called news.groups.
This session introduces the Internet and its potential as a new source of information. Working through this session will establish you at a few key 'sites' on the Internet. Retrieve information from a World Wide Web site by saving it to disc. The session should take about an hour. If you haven't done so already, read the section of this Guide called Introduction to the Internet .