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Subject:Re: Query: What do we call the list? From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 30 Mar 1995 09:59:54 MST
Bev Parks wrote--
The best that I can determine from the Internet reference books
at hand, the correct way to refer to these is
LISTSERV mailing lists
or
Listserv mailing lists
Sue Stewart added--
This would not be a correct "generic" term for a mailing
list, simply because not all mailing lists are LISTSERVs. I
also subscribe to a MAJORDOMO list, and I believe there may
be additional server softwares.
I believe this is an Internet mailing list. That's what they
seem to be called in all the books on the 'net.
============
I agree wholeheartedly! The references I used to dig up the
LISTSERV data supports that as well. I didn't mention it (though
I should have) because the original question just talked about
LISTSERVs.
I subscribe to one that is a Listproc, also different from
Listserv. To refer to this list (TECHWR-L) as either an Internet
mailing list or a LISTSERV mailing list would be accurate.
"Internet mailing list" sounds better and would make more sense
to most people.
=*= Beverly Parks =*= bparks -at- huachuca-emh1 -dot- army -dot- mil =*=
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