1. 7 C H A P T E R © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved1 Listserv Listserv is an Internet service that uses e-mail protocols to distribute messages to lists of users. The messages get served to everyone whose name is on the list. Hence the name listserv.

2. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved2 C H A P T E R 7 Objectives:  Describe how listserv works through e-mail protocols.  Find out the names of listservs in your discipline or any other subject that interests you.  Subscribe to a listserv.  Know when to lurk on a listserv.

3. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved3 C H A P T E R 7 Objectives:  Respond to messages received from a listserv.  Send new messages to a listserv.  File messages received from a listserv.  Unsubscribe from a listserv.  Set up your own listserv so you can host a listserv on the Internet.

4. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved4 C H A P T E R 7 How to Subscribe to a Listserv  First, many listservs have a Web page where you sign up by filling out a form that prompts you for your name and e-mail address.  The second way to join a listserv is to send its host computer an e-mail message saying that you want to subscribe. There are two ways to subscribe to a listserv:

5. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved5 C H A P T E R 7 Recommended Listservs The following listservs deal with technology and focus especially on emerging tends and issues regarding the internet: HTML-GROUP

6. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved6 C H A P T E R 7 Finding Listservs in Your Profession  You can use the Web to find out about listservs across a broad range of disciplines and professions.

7. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved7 C H A P T E R 7 Receiving Listserv Messages: Remember to Lurk!  The messages sent by the listserv appear automatically in your e-mail in-box, where you read them like any other e-mail message. This message came from the NesScan listserv The From field indicates that the message came from a listserv.

8. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved8 C H A P T E R 7 Responding to a Listserv Message  To respond, simply press your Reply button, and enter your response just like you would send an ordinary e-mail message.

9. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved9 C H A P T E R 7 Sending a New Message to a Listserv  When you join a listserv, you will be told how to address new messages that you want to send to the listserv.  Since listserv addresses can be technical and hard to remember, it’s a good idea to enter this address in your e-mail client’s Address Book,

10. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved10 C H A P T E R 7 Filing Messages Received from Listservs  Since messages from listservs arrive as e-mail messages, you can click your File button and file them, just like any other e-mail message.

11. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved11 C H A P T E R 7 How to Pause a Listserv  To pause a listserv, send it the following command: SET NOMAIL  To resume the listserv, send the following command: SET MAIL

12. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved12 C H A P T E R 7 Finding Out Who Belongs to a Listserv  To find out who is getting a copy, send the following command to the listserv: REVIEW listname  If that doesn’t work, try: WHO listname

13. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved13 C H A P T E R 7 How to Unsubscribe from a Listserv  To unsubscribe, follow the steps in the message you got from the listserv.  Many listservs write unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of every message, so you can always find out how to unsubscribe.

14. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved14 C H A P T E R 7 Listserv Archives  Many listservs have archives in which the messages sent to the list are filed.  You can read and in many cases search the archives online.

15. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved15 C H A P T E R 7 Listserv Command Summary  SUBSCRIBE listname full_name - Subscribes you to the list, or changes the name under which you were previously subscribed; replace full_name with your name.  SUBSCRIBE listname ANONYMOUS - Subscribes you to the list anonymously, if the listserv allows that for this list.  REVIEW listname - Get information about a list, including who owns it and who belongs to it.

16. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved16 C H A P T E R 7 Listserv Command Summary  SET NOMAIL - Make the listserv stop sending you messages (to resume, send the command SET MAIL).  RELEASE - Find out information about the listserv software being used to run this listserv, and who maintains the server.  SIGNOFF listname - Unsubscribes you from the list.  SET listname CONCEAL - Hide yourself from REVIEW.

17. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved17 C H A P T E R 7 Listserv Command Summary  SET listname NOCONCEAL - Let yourself be listed by REVIEW.  SHOW STATS - Show statistics about the listserv.  SEARCH listname keyword1 - Search the listserv archives; for more search options, send the LISTSERV REFCARD command.  QUERY listname - Queries your set of options on the listserv; use SET to change them.

18. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved18 C H A P T E R 7 Listserv Command Summary  LISTSERV REFCARD - Makes the listserv e- mail you a reference card listing commands users can send the listserv.

19. © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved19 C H A P T E R 7 Setting Up your Own Listserv  If you want to set up your own listserv, you can do so “for free” at a Web such as topica.com or egroups.com.