Newsgroups

Newsgroups are the place to find like-minded people. There are


tens of thousands of newsgroups on almost every conceivable topic.

If you want to meet people with similar interests, then subscribe to

a newsgroup and scan though the messages. To do this you will

need a newsreader program. Your ISP will be able to tell you about

how to set this up and connect to a news server.

Another way to find people via newsgroups is to search through

the newsgroup archives at http://groups.google.com

Google also allows you to read and post messages without a

newsreader program. You can do an ‘advanced search’ for various

topics, groups and messages. Newsreader programs have more

flexibility however.

Look for messages from your target group, and by checking their

email address you can get an idea of which country they are from.

Send them an email and see what happens. Obviously keep your

email contained to the topic of the newsgroup until you feel

confident enough to ask them out.

This is a long shot, but you never know your luck on the vast

world of the Internet.