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Mailing Lists and Newsgroups

Mailing Lists and Newsgroups. CSCI170 Internet Resources. Mailing Lists. What is it? A list of names and email addresses for a group of people who share a common interest Subscribing to the mailing list Posting to the mailing list List Server (ListServ, MajorDomo, ListProc). Mailing Lists.

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Mailing Lists and Newsgroups

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  1. Mailing Lists and Newsgroups CSCI170 Internet Resources

  2. Mailing Lists • What is it? • A list of names and email addresses for a group of people who share a common interest • Subscribing to the mailing list • Posting to the mailing list • List Server (ListServ, MajorDomo, ListProc)

  3. Mailing Lists • Which email address to use? • List Address – for posting • Administrative Address – for commands • Don’t get them mixed up!

  4. Mailing Lists • Commands list: • subscribe listname yourname • unsubscribe listname • review listname • index listname • get filename • Also… conceal, vacation, digest, daily

  5. Mailing List • Moderated or unmoderated? • Open list or closed list? • Lurking • FAQs and list rules • List Administrator

  6. Mailing Lists • Finding Mailing Lists: • http://lists.topica.com/ • Search Engines • i.e. “extreme sports mailing list” • On Individual pages • i.e. http://www.balloonhq.com

  7. Mailing Lists • Find a mailing list to subscribe to • Read messages • Post a message to it • Finding archives • Unsubscribing from mailing list

  8. Newsgroups • Usenet News Service (Usenet) founded in 1979 at Duke U as a way to collect and store information by topic category • Newsgroups, new forums, discussion groups

  9. Newsgroups • News Server – database storing articles • News Feed – store and forward • Articles – individual postings • Newsgroups – organized by category

  10. Newsgroups • Top-level categories: • comp – computers • rec – recreation and entertainment • sci – science • soc – social issues and socializing • news – operation and administration of Usenet • talk – conversations, debates and arguments • misc – miscellaneous topics • alt – alternative and controversial topics

  11. Newsgroups • Examples: • biz.marketplace.computers • biz.marketplace.computers.pc-clone • biz.marketplace.computers.mac • biz.marketplace.discussion • biz.marketplace.services • alt.rec.tv.simpsons • alt.rec.beer

  12. Newsgroups • Accessing newsgroups • Web access – http://www.Tile.net • Google Groups – http://groups.google.com • NewsReader software

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