egroups.com

Advantages: Easy to use, efficient, reliable
Disadvantages: Some advertising (but a small disadvantage only!!)

I've been using eGroups for a few years now - they were called something else before, but for the life of me I can't remember what they were called. Currently I moderate about 9 different groups - some are fairly large with hundreds of members (subscribers) like the international discussion group for Drama education called DramaWest, or the Regional Association for Student Centred Learning, and others are very small, like the committee of the Drama ...
...where to start praising eGroups so I'll ramble on and give some commentary. TYPES OF LIST/GROUP ******************* The ease with which you can set up a mailing list is amazing. Simply register on the site with the usual details and then click on the "Start a new group now" link and you are away. You'll need to decide on the name of the group and then you get to customise the various elements of the list - - will it be an announce only list - ... Read review

Advantages: connect to large number of people at once, free, 20Mb storage, chat
Disadvantages: none I can see

** UPDATED -** e-groups is a great way to stay in touch with others by way of a free e-mail group service whereby you can have your own unique group’s page and link.. why I started an e-groups? The idea of starting a group on e-groups occurred to me whilst on a visit to USA. This summer whilst in USA I met up with a large number of family members whom I hadn’t seen in a long time. As there were so many of us from different States we ...
...easy way to stay in touch. There are about 20 of us in the family Group. I had attended 3 Weddings (yes 3!!) in 3 different States so we had a lot of photos to share with one another!! How e-groups give you more space… e- groups gives you 20Mb of free space to store all your files,e.g photos, mp3’s, address books, birthdays etc. I wasn’t keen on putting family pics on the web for the world to see, so this way proved to be a safe, ... Read review

Advantages: Good for discussion
Disadvantages: Posters practice consistently bad netiquette

...obliged to point out that egroups.com is now no more, since the rebranding/integration into Yahoo's groups is now done. RIP Egroups, and welcome to Yahoo Groups. A comment on the fallout will follow. Mike .....original op..... I heard about a Ciao-UK egroup being set up and so I thought I'd take a lot at it, have been part of ecircles.com for a while and wanting to see how the competition sized up in comparison. The novelty value is perhaps still ...
...was signed up to two groups, and one of them soon became a running rant between two members, one of whom was trying to defend herself against the outlandish claims being made by someone who was really haranguing her. I was somewhat perturbed by this. Unless you enjoy having a wad of e-mail flying into your account every ten minutes, I would suggest that you either choice "daily digest" mode or "web only" mode for posts, as otherwise for someone ... Read review

Advantages: Easy ways to get in touch with people who share your interests and views
Disadvantages: 1000s of groups to choose from, may be tricky finding the right one for you

If you have a special interest or hobby that you want to share with others, then www.egroups.com is the place for you. It lists literally thousands of email communities set up by people like you who share a love of just about any subject, be it cycling, teddy bears, photography or whatever you choose. These are grouped under category headings on the home page but as there are so many thousands to choose from, you'd be best off using the search facility ...
...what exactly are these communities or groups actually about? Well, the idea is that you subscribe to a group and are then able to discuss your favourite hobby or interest or health issue (or whatever!) with other members of the group via emails. You send an email to the group address and it is automatically distributed amongst all other members. There are various different kinds of groups, but the most popular seems to be the unmoderated variety, ... Read review

Advantages: Communicate with like minded inidviduals
Disadvantages: Need keen participants.

I have subscribed to my first eGroup - I've signed up to the eGroup that I saw advertised for keen Ciao users, and thought it might be a useful way to spread/gain ideas and air some more views. The principle of the eGroup is quite simple - one or more users acts as a moderator and effectively "owns" the group. You then apply to join the group, and the moderator signs you up (or tells you to get lost). Once you are in the group, you can post messages ...
...post attachments, such as photos and take part in user-maintained polls. There seems to be a lot of emphasis on the moderator to maintain, and motivate, the eGroup and a lot of the messages have come from the moderator. In fact, it would appear that only a small proportion of the members actively use the egroup. Whenever I have posted a message I have received a prompt response, but usually from the same two or three people. I would suggest that ... Read review