Apple Power Macintosh 4400 - Manual (Page 77)

E-mail
You use electronic mail, or e-mail, to exchange information in much the
same way that you use paper mail, except that e-mail is faster and more
convenient. It is as easy to send a message to a single recipient as it is to send
the same message to many recipients. You can also attach entire electronic
files to e-mail.
Newsgroups
You can participate in “newsgroups”—worldwide public discussion groups for
debating issues and for exchanging information. You can subscribe to a
newsgroup for almost any topic imaginable, and you can read, respond to, and
create your own messages, usually referred to as articles. Most newsgroups are
unmoderated, which means that you can post your articles directly to the
newsgroup. Other newsgroups are moderated, which means someone screens
the articles and posts only those deemed appropriate for the newsgroup.
77 Using Your Modem to Connect to the Internet or an Online Service