At 06:41 08.12.99 , Tucker Taft wrote: >www.deja.com is getting pretty confusing, now that they are trying >to be all things to all shoppers. You might find the following >site easier to use: > http://www.nuthinbutnews.com/ > >They have a free web interface that is very straightforward. >You can also pay to get direct nntp access. They also >provide an e-mail service (as does deja.com). > >-Tuck Accessing Comp.lang.ada in a webbrowser: DejaNews can display messages in a threaded style. It also can show no advertising (the "/=dnc/" in URL option). Two front ends that will return results in the old "Classic" DejaNew style, are these: http://www.ijs.co.nz/info/snooz.htm (my Snooz Metasearch) http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/deja.html These are some alternatives to DejaNews that display Usenet messages. They won't thread results: RemarQ: http://www.remarq.com/threads.asp?g=comp%2Elang%2Eada&nav=LAST Nuthinbutnews: http://www.nuthinbutnews.com/cgi-bin/wi.cgi?gl=comp.lang.ada NewsOne.Net: NewsOne.Net: http://newsone.net/nnr/listpg/comp.lang.ada There appears to be a 'comp.lang.ada to e-mail' gateway here: http://ada.eu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada It hasn't been distributing comp.lang.ada messages to me this year. A webpage listing Ada 95 mailing lists. There are over 14 somewhat active mailing lists on Ada 95: http://www.ijs.co.nz/ada_95.htm Craig Carey GMT 5 Jan 2000, Auckland