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- From: kbibb@maui.qualcomm.com (Ken Bibb)
- Subject: Re: listserv/mailing list
- Message-ID: <kbibb.725609822@maui>
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- Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
- References: <Bzz7ny.Ft8@polaris.async.vt.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 06:17:02 GMT
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- In <Bzz7ny.Ft8@polaris.async.vt.edu> jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (J. Furr) writes:
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- >I'm interested in running a mailing list for a small group of people. I am
- >on a BSD 4.3 UNIX system and don't know one whole hell of a lot about UNIX,
- >but have friends who can be persuaded to do things for me if I do the
- >legwork first.
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- You can set up a mailing list directly in /etc/aliases, or use a package.
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- >Where can I get software to run a listserv or mailing list?
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- Ask archie about individual packages.
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- >What's the difference between a listserv and a mailing list?
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- listserv is a specific mailing list package. For an annotated list,
- see the list that is regularly posted to news.answers
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- Ken Bibb "he heard the snow falling faintly through the
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- --"The Dead", James Joyce
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