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UDM Listserver

What is a listserver?
 
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.
 
Resources:
 
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
 
The "Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists" Web site
The Internet's premier Mailing List Directory!
 
Liszt, the Mailing List Directory
A really big directory of mailing lists.
 
Topica - Email Lists Made Easy
The Email You Want! Newsletters, Tips, and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
 
Tile.net
The Reference to Internet Discussion & Information Lists