Hi Ari. As far as I understand it Usernet was the networked of computers before the internet became wide spread and main stream, ---- though I'm stil not sure why some people stil mention usernet groups.
As reguards interactive fiction though, the very official group I know is google groups rec-games-int-fiction which can be found at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction You can have it go through your in box as a mailing list I before, or do what I did and just use it like a web forum. it's quite accessible except for setting up an account which requires image varification, but as this is google just send them an E-mail and they'll sort your account and password out very quickly, ----- mine were done within a day as I remember. the groups nice for finding out about new If and of course voting and the if comps work through it, but things got a litle too technical quite a lot of the time for my taste, which is why I'm not a member anymore. Hth. Beware the google! Dark. ----- --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]