Give Back to IT Community (Help)

Guys,

I want to start giving back to the IT Community, and start helping
out. I would appreciate if you guys could answer some of the below
questions.

1. How do you guys read your newsgroup subscriptions? Software or
Via Web? List which do you use.

2. Which web portals do you recommend to use to read/respond to posts
& blogs during lunch/break at work? (At work I cant access newsgroups
or blogs via a program or nntp)

3. What program do you guys use for managing your blog subscriptions?
Software or Via Web? List which do you use.

4. How do you keep track of all the messages you've posted or replied
too, this way you can follow-up on it, in case someone responds?

5. Do you guys provide your email address in your posts? If you do,
how do you handle protecting yourself from spam? If you dont, how
does anyone ever get a hold of you, if needed?

6. Out of curiosity, what email provider do you use, and what program
do you use to read your emails?

7. What do I need to do to make sure I get credit for giving back to
the community, this way I can work my way up to an MVP?

8. How else can I become part of the IT community and start giving
back and networking? Any Ideas?

I appreciate you taking your time to respond to my posts, and I plan
to begin giving back to the IT community, and hope we can become
friends.

- Julio (DJ)

Julio C. Delgado Jr. (DJ)