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• Computers: Internet: On the Web: Online Communities: Software and Services  (16)
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• Agora Studios - Involved in planning, building and growing online communities. Hosts facilities such as message boards, member profiles and customized features.
• CIX Online - For fee suite of integrated internet services. Provides mail, calendars, address books, document storage, and conferencing. The mail section has virus and spam protection.
• Community Architect - Create your own online community or join one complete with free web hosting, free email, instant messenger and other website building tools.
• Community Connect Inc. - Provides free personal pages, email, forums, news, chat, instant messaging, games, promotions and online events. [Uses Flash]
• CommunityPeople.net - Hosting services for online community facilities such as member profiles, events, instant messaging, online chat, message forums, email discussion groups and online polls.
• CommunityZero - Provides any group of people with the ability to establish a private and interactive online community.
• Cytopia - Offers a link manager, task manager, weblog manager, personal home page space, message boards, and webmail. [Requires Flash]
• eKith.com. - Offer webmail, groups, chat, directory services, contacts, and favorites.
• Electric Minds - Long-lived electronic community.
• MSN Groups - Free interest-group site hosting from Microsoft Network. Offers many features; customizable by the group website owner.
• Mycomport - Web community portal creation and tools.
• SKIZZLE! by RootFolder Communications - Online community offering personal storage and workgroup collaboration. Features Clubs, message boards, databases, file sharing and other personal and community productivity tools. Also features a search engine and free membership.
• Syndicomm Online - 'Syndicates' communities with message boards, chat rooms via both telnet and World Wide Web connections. Join one of the active communities, or create your own.
• WhatHelps? - Provides topical hosting services for your community homepage, community building tools (like chat, board and discussion lists) and member tools (like member websites, webmail and instant messaging).