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I found a great analogy for explaining the difference between the listserv
address and the discussion address somewhere (I can't remember where)...

Describe the listserv address as the Circulation Department of a newspaper,
and the discussion address as the "Letter to the Editor" department of a
newspaper.  If you want something changed about your subscription you write
(send a command) to the Circulation Dept (listserv); if you want your letter
published (posted), you send it to the Editor (groupname).
This one really works for me.  Analogies rule!

p.s. Athena--say hi to everyone at UCF for me!

Mary Stillwell
Gates Center for Technology Access
Seattle, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Athena Holcomb [mailto:holcomba@MAIL.UCF.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 12:51 PM
To: NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Subject: Renewal Woes and Training


In classes I have taught, I have been frustrated by students
who send messages to the "listserv" address and commands
to the discussion address -- a few always do no matter how I
emphasize that "listserv@"goes to a computer program
and that "groupname@" goes to a group of people.

In a way it is reassuring that the concept may even elude some
internet trainers.  In another way its disconcerting.

IMO, discussion lists rank near the top of useful internet
tools.  With the focus on the web these days, I wonder
how many trainers teach about discussion lists.  What are
successful ways to ingrain in students the differences in the list
addresses?


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