Is it possible to read Usenet newsgroups via electronic mail?
Most Usenet newsgroups do not correspond to any mailing list, so the conventional answer to this question is no for most groups. However, there are some newsgroups that are gatewayed to mailing lists. For a list of them, see the List of Active Newsgroups posting in news.announce.newusers. If you know a Usenet site admin who is willing to act as a personal gateway for you, you might be able to get him/her to set up his/her system to forward messages from individual newsgroups to you via E-mail.