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One of the forces that helped to popularize the Internet, and ultimately led to the development of the WWW, was the interest in and demand for electronic mail. Today, "e-mail" is an accepted and useful means for communication between computers located in people's homes, businesses, and dorm rooms. In fact, public forums have even been developed so that "e-mailers" can be in touch with large groups of people all at once, and can participate in virtual, online, group discussions through news groups, discussion groups, interest groups, and the like. |
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Since WWW users tend to be people who are predisposed to using e-mail, it is not surprising that the lines between these communication services (Web servers, mail servers, news groups) have already blurred. Indeed, many browsers have built-in mail and news group facilities. |
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Use whatever e-mail service is available to you to do the following:
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Note that the discussion group uses WWW forms, instead of e-mail, to post your message to a central repository on the server, instead of sending the message once and having it inaccessible to future readers. |