Yahoo Groups	Associate.com	Google Groups
		FreeGroups.net
Feature		WeLoveGod.org
No Email advertisements		X
No Web advertisements		X
Free	X	X	X
Web-accesible email archives	X	X	Not browser compatible
Searchable archives	X	X	X
Web-based email message posting	X	X	X
Web-based email msg moderation	X		X
Moderator messages are confirmed to eliminate spammer forgery		X
Email-based email archive access		X
Email-based msg moderation	X	X	X
Email message activity web calendar	X	X	X
Email address command summary	X	X	X
Email message size limit	+500k	500k/1,000k	+500k
Email attachment types	many	OpenOffice, RTF, PDF, images	many
Attachments also stored in archive		X	X
Email virus scanning		X	?
Email spam blocking	?	X	?
Email delivery speed	delayed	fast	fast
Deny selected user subscription	X	X	X
Moderate selected user posting	X	X
Moderate all user posting	X	X	X
Announcement-only groups	X	X	X
Digest-mode email	X	X	X
Web-mode (no email)	X	X	X
Automated msg bounce handling	X	X
Automated removal of bad email addr	X	X
Archive message purging	X	X	Not browser compatible
Group chat	X	X
Chat doesn't require JAVA		X	No chat
Group files	X	X
File space	100Mb	4Gb	100Mb
Auto-send files at certain times	X
Group photos	X	X
Photo space	100Mb	4Gb	100Mb
Group links	X	X
Group database(s)	X
Group polls	X	X
Group calendar	X	X
Calendar can schedule email msgs	X	X
Group promote	X
Group invite	X	limited
Online Group members	X	X
Group summary page (home)	X	X	X
Custom home-page photo/icon	X
Web-based group configuration	X	X	X
Newsreader (NNTP) email read/post		X
Group news (web only)		X
Group news on front site page		X
Web-only discussion forums		X
Project management tool		X
Group address book	X	X
Group reviews		X
Personal calendar	X	X
Personal file storage	X	X
Personal links	X	X
Personal address book	X	X
Personal task list (TODO)		X
Instant Messages		X
Meeting Planner	X	X
Online Friends	X	X