Listservs

A Listserv is a discussion group. Covering a wide range of subjects, people with similar interests can discuss topics via e-mail with other people around the world, without having to know individual addresses. People with electronic mail accounts can subscribe to any list they choose. Everyone on the list sees all the messages posted to the list and can choose to respond to the list as a whole or to the person who posted the original message. Two good "directories of directories" of Listservs are found at http://www.liszt.com/ and Catalist (L-Soft International). Netiquette encourages you to "lurk" for a few months before posting to a group--the name of the group might not describe exactly what is discussed.

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