deja.com

This is how to really piss people off.... 1. Go to www.deja.com and sign up 2. Join as many newsgroups as you can from the deja site 3. Send an abusive, nasty, unpleasant message or ad to every single one of those groups with a couple of keystrokes 4. Sit back and wait for all your new found chums to make contact and politely converse with them 5. Sign up with a new E-mail provider cos you'll sure as hell get kicked off your current one! SUBTLE HINT: I'm being very, very sarcastic and under no circumstances, WHATSOEVER, should you do any of this because if you do, you will certainly suffer the slings and arrows of all sorts of ...  Read the complete review

Rumours of the death of Deja have been greatly exaggerated ... Having used the service, in one way or another, since it was held at www.dejanews.com, I was sad to see that Deja was in financial trouble, and was going to have to close down. Joy returned to my heart (hmm, very hymn-like) when I saw that Google had bought them out. Google is easily my favourite search engine, since it's so easy to use and gets extremely accurate results. Since the one aspect of the old Deja that was slightly shaky was the searching, this could be nothing but a good thing. And, indeed, when Google Groups started to import the Usenet Archive into their servers, they ...  Read the complete review

Sadly, it looks like www.deja.com is no longer with us, as they've recently been acquired by Google. At the time of writing, the address www.deja.com forwards to groups.google.com where there's a beta service running that allows you to search through Usenet archives in much the same way as the old Deja service did, however, this leaves a gaping hole functionality. For one, you can't post to newsgroups (Google recommend mailandnews.com as an alternative - this service seems to work, but isn't a patch on the old Deja). The service that I really miss though, is Deja's email notification of a keyword appearing in an article. With Deja, ...  Read the complete review

If all you know about the Internet is websites and email, then you're missing out on a lot. Especially Usenet - "discussion groups" containing groups of people who talk about one thing. Sounds boring? Well, not really, it's not just for anoraks to sit at and talk all day, it can be a valuable place to ask a question. Since it's full of people who know about that subject, there's cound to be someone who can answer your question. But the fact that most people don't know about Usenet is that it's not easy to get into. In walks Deja.com . Deja (formerly DejaNews) gives you access to Usenrt through your browser, no add-ons ...  Read the complete review

I've used this site for a couple of years now. Its nice to know you can access your personal newsgroup free at anytime from anywhere in the world. Obviously there are downpoints, the fact you have to be online to view these messages unlike original newsgroup readers (e.g. outlook express) which just download them for you to read later. If you've got a slow internet connection this idea probably is more hassle than its worth. The sites structure is colourful and well balanced, it allows you to log in so that your personalised newsgroups are all bookmarked it has options to search very easily through past discussions and access information about any ...  Read the complete review