| What is a listserver? |
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| The Mailman mailing list software provide a highly effective
way to reach a lot of people very quickly and support long-distance discussions
among many people. E-mail is a generally supported network communication
service, thus it provides a common interface for a wide variety of systems.
For these reasons mailing lists have become an important tool for supporting
scholarly collaboration. Ease of use and distribution capabilities of mailing
lists lend them to the enhancement of classroom education. Thousands of
discussion groups are available on the Internet. Topics range from anthropology
to zoology. Interested in folk dancing, ocean drilling or Turkish culture?
There is probably a list for you. A subject might be of interest to only
a few individuals in your community, but world wide there could be hundreds
wanting to discuss your topic. Communication between these people can be
carried out electronically. Once you have found a mailing
list that interests you, place your name on the "list" by sending e-mail
requesting a subscription to the list. When your subscription has been accepted
the mailing list server sends news and articles from the list to your e-mail
address. You can contribute messages to the list which will be distributed
to the other members of the list. |
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| Resources: |
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| CataList, the official
catalog of LISTSERV® lists |
| Browse any of the 33,770 public LISTSERV lists on the Internet, search
for mailing lists of interest, and get information about LISTSERV host sites |
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| The "Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists"
Web site |
| The Internet's premier Mailing List Directory! |
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| Liszt, the Mailing List Directory |
| A really big directory of mailing lists. |
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| Topica - Email Lists Made Easy |
| The Email You Want! Newsletters, Tips, and Discussions on Your Favorite
Topics |
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| Tile.net |
| The Reference to Internet Discussion & Information Lists |
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