I'm on all sorts of mailing lists, and I don't have time to read the thousands of messages that have piled up. What's needed is some innovation - different ideas and opinions, some surprises, stuff you wouldn't necessarily think about but might be worth considering. And if it's opinions about everything under the sun you seek, it's a Usenet newsgroup you want. Well, it's sort of like a special interest e-mail box where people talk about specific or general subjects. Some will be sponsored by companies to keep customers updated about new products or innovations.
Some software companies have newsgroups dedicated to providing technical assistance to users.
Each of these lists is dedicated to discussing the pros and cons of products, methods, programs - all users contribute ideas about the subject in question. With an active newsgroup you're guaranteed variety of ideas and opinions. Subscribing to Usenet newsgroups is a lot like having an e-mail account. You sign up at a server, check off the newsgroups you want to read, and then sit back and wait for the messages to come in. All the major e-mail programs and browsers, including Eudora, Outlook Express, and Netscape, allow you to use the program to subscribe to and read newsgroups.