Great listing Gerry! The complete (almost anyways) listing of the usenet is maintained by David Lawrence at isc.org here ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/active, be warned as it is HUGE! Other mail list programs include MajorGumbo http://www.evolt.org/evolt_source_code and for the Mac crowd there is LetterRip Pro http://www.letterrip.com/. A complete listing of MLM's can be had at dmoz http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Mailing_Lists/Hosting_Companies/?cp=srpmatcat
Peter Kaulback In the hour of 06:03 PM 5/18/2002 -0700, Gerald E. Boyd spoke this: >At 01:23 AM 5/19/02 +0700, Kiki wrote the following: > >>I'm a newbies here, hope I'll have good time and experience here. >>BTW, is anybody know what's the difference between newsgroup and mailing >>list? >>They just look the same for me... >>And would you like to give me any FREE newsgroup server that I can sign in? > >Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of a >thousands of topically named "newsgroups" with names that are classified >hierarchically by subject. "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these >newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software (usually >called a newsreader) -- these articles are then broadcast to other >interconnected computer systems using NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) >server. The NNTP server is used for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval, >and posting of news articles via a wide variety of networks. Some >newsgroups are "moderated"; in these newsgroups, the articles are first sent >to a moderator for approval before appearing in the newsgroup. > >Not all ISPs provide all the Newsgroups. The groups distributed >worldwide are divided into eight broad classifications: "comp", >"humanities", "misc", "news", "rec", "sci", "soc", and "talk". Each of >these classifications is organized into groups and subgroups according >to topic. > >"humanities" Professional and amateur topics in the arts & humanities. > >"misc" Groups addressing themes not easily classified under any of the >other headings or which incorporate themes from multiple categories. > >"news" Groups concerned with the news network and software themselves. > >"rec" Groups oriented towards the arts, hobbies and recreational >activities. > >"sci" Discussions marked by special and usually practical knowledge, >relating to research in or application of the established sciences. > >"soc" Groups primarily addressing social issues and socializing. > >"talk" Groups largely debate-oriented and tending to feature long >discussions without resolution and without appreciable amounts of >generally useful information. > >These "world" newsgroups are (usually) circulated around the entire >USENET -- this implies world-wide distribution. Not all groups actually >enjoy such wide distribution, however. Some sites take only a selected >subset of the more "technical" groups, and controversial "noise" groups >are often not carried by many sites (these groups are often under the >"talk" and "soc" classifications). Many sites do not carry some or all >of the comp.binaries groups. > >There are groups in other subcategories, but they are local: to >institutions, to geographic regions, etc. and they are not listed here. >Note that these distribution categories can be used to restrict the >propagation of news articles. Currently, distributions include: > world worldwide distribution (default) > can limited (mostly) to Canada > eunet limited (mostly) to European sites in EUNet > na limited (mostly) to North America > usa limited (mostly) to the United States > >There may be other regional and local distribution categories available >at your site. Most US states have distribution categories named after >the two letter abbreviation for that state or category (e.g., "ca" for >California, "ny" for New York). > >Google Groups (old Dejanews) has now added a web-based interface >(http://groups.google.com/) to the Usenet archive going back some 20 years. >They also support are the major newsgroups listed above. > >Discussion lists, discussion group, and mailing lists are all names for >the same function. The main purpose of these functions is to provide the >subscribers of a list with a set of email messages, data or program >files which are related to the main purpose of the list. These can be: >questions and answers; frequently asked questions (FAQs); archives of >messages which appeared on the list; minutes of internal meetings held >by some of the subscribers; application programs related to some >software they are all using; etc. Automatic distribution of updated >materials is also available to subscribers. Last but not least, a set of >public files open to all and not associated with any particular >distribution list, can be made available. Files can also be maintained >individually by "file owners" (with storing privileges, similarly to the >"list owners" but only related to specific files). > >Mailing lists need to be subscribed to in order to contribute, except >for those that are mirrored on the "bit.listserv.xxxxxx" series of >Usenet Newsgroups. > >Pcworks is a mailing list. The largest set of mailing lists (currently some >56,000+) use a mailing listing program called Listserv (see >http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html). Other mailing list managers (MLMs, >the programs used to support mailing lists) are ListProc and Majordomo (no >central listing of them is available) and Mailbase >(http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/). The newer mailing list programs are web-based >mailing list programs like Yahoo Groups (which was Egroups which was Onelist). > >-- >Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
