Google groups can be used like a mailing-list through its e-mail interface. To subscribe to the Minix3 Google Group you send an e-mail to: minix3+subscribe@googlegroups.com You will receive an e-mail from Google and when you reply you are subscribed. From then on all the messages in the group will be send to your e-mail address. To send a message to the group you send it to: minix3@googlegroups.com To respond to a message you just reply to the message within your mail program. To unsubscribe you send an e-mail to: minix3+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com