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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:24:03 -0500 Diane K. Kovacs wrote:

>I include discussion lists and newsgroups instruction in my workshops
>whenever possible.  Since I'm almost never in a position to see what the
>students do after the workshop I'm not sure whether they've learned to
>successfully work with the Listserv, Listproc or Majordomo software.  In
>class we always have at least one person who sends their subscribe,
>confirm, set digest options to the list instead of the listserv.  The
>difference between the list address and the list management software
>address is not an easy concept to convey.

The analogy I use is the listserv address is a machine or computer
whereas the list name is all the people or members of the list.

[...]
>Some clients have specifically requested this type of instruction.  I
>generally try to use a Listserv, Listproc, Majordomo and Newsreader example
>activity and we focus first on finding appropriate job related groups to
>join..

You can always use a test list.
If you check out Liszt <http://www.liszt.com/> and search for "test-l"
you will find plenty (66) of test lists for majordomo, listproc, maiser,
and
listserv.


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Gerry Boyd -- gboyd@netcom.com