Did you know that you could join an e-zine and receive the latest news and weather right into your e-mail box? Lists or ezines are available in virtually any topic you can imagine, from hobbies to careers to medicine.

We'll begin at Liszt, The Mailing List Directory. Liszt features 84,792 mailing lists! Whoa! Major categories include culture, music, politics, and education.

One of my favorite ezines is Success On Line Motivational Messages. The messages are delivered three times a week and can be read in a couple of minutes. Great way to start the day!

To subscribe, send an e-mail to patlav@epix.net and in the body of your letter type: sub success

If you're interested in the latest medical news, join Medscape. Register at the site for a free weekly newsletter.

InfoBeat is a really neat site that offers free news in a variety of subjects. Get headline news from MSNBC; the latest in technology news from places like PC World or Wired News Daily; Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration messages; entertainment news from People; business and finance information from places like Forbes; news from the world of books from Amazon; PC World's Shareware Picks of the Day; Tip World's Cool Site of the Day and Hardware Upgrade Tip of the Day. You can even get a daily weather report for your area.

Take a virtual tour of the Internet on The Internet TOURBUS. TOUBUS sends out two letters a week which tell you about neat Internet sites and tools.

If you enjoy discussing bible prophecy, you may want to join the Bible Prophecy list. To subscribe, send a message to:

LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM; leave the subject line blank and write this message in the body of your email: SUBSCRIBE BIBLE_PROPHECY-L yourfirstname yourlastname.

Football fans may consider joining the National Football League Statistics list. To join, send an email to: listproc@vnet.net; leave the subject line blank, and write this message the body of your email: subscribe nfl-stats Your Name

Another website that offers information on mailing lists is The List of Lists. I searched for "children" and found well over 20 different mailing lists devoted to the subject.

If you enjoy learning about the latest and greatest websites, consider joining WebAndStuff. You won't get bombarded with way too much email, and you'll learn about some really fantastic websites. To join, send an email message to: WebAndStuff@radix.net.

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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