> Can anybody enlighten me between the difference between Newsgroup & a mailing > list ? Pointer to some link will also do. For starters - to read newsgroups you use NNTP (port 119) rather than pop or imap. Then, posting to newsgroups you send to comp.lang.misc.perl / alt.sex.foot-fetish or whatever takes your fancy. Mailing lists (like LI) are distributed through email. Read the usenet faq from rtfm.mit.edu (in fact rtfm please). Suresh Ramasubramanian | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [KCircle] Ph. +(91-40)3736553, 3745398 | eFax. +(1-603)590-5437 http://www.kcircle.com | http://www.india.cauce.org Microsoft has a major Y2K problem. It's called Linux -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.