The Messages are sorted into a combination of Divisions and Areas, & include:

# Local Messages & Netmail                  # Adelaide, South Aust & Australia
 
# BBSs, Fidonet, Mailers                       # Christian, Bible Topics, Religion  
 
  # Computers & Software                       # Education, Science, Technology     
 
  # Books, Film, Music & TV                     # Games & Role Playing Games        

# Health & Medical                                # Chat, Chatter & Penpals                   
 
# News, Politics, Controversy                 # Hobbies & Recreation, UFO etc    

Most of the Message Areas are distributed through FidoNet, a hobby network
   with about 17,000 nodes world wide, & are known as "Echomail" areas, as they
 "echo" to all of the systems connected to them, similar to Usenet Newsgroups.
 
   Messages can be read & posted on-line, or downloaded in "packets" for reading
and replying off-line, using an Offline Mail Reader.                                                          

Further information about FidoNet can be found by following the links below:

http://www.fidonet.org/               http://www.z3.fidonet.org/