This list is for discussions of issues related to managing Internet

mailing lists, including (but not limited to) methods, mechanisms,

techniques, policies, and software (in general; questions about

specific software packages should be directed to the mailing list

dedicated to that particular package).



Technical questions regarding particular software packages (for

instance, Majordomo, LISTPROC, ListServ, etc.) are NOT appropriate

for the List-Managers mailing list. They should be directed to the

mailing list dedicated to that particular package (for instance,

for Majordomo, that's Majordomo-Users@GreatCircle.COM). Check the

documentation that came with the package to find out where the support

list for that package is hosted.



This list is an outgrowth of the "Mailing Lists" workshop session

at the USENIX System Administration Conference (LISA VI) in Long

Beach, CA, on October 22, 1992.



This is the undigestified version of the list. All messages sent to this

list are immediately forwarded to members of the list. The digestified

version of the list is List-Managers-Digest@GreatCircle.COM.



Policies

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You can subscribe a local redistribution list or a gateway to a local

newsgroup, as long as whatever you do is local to your site. This

restriction makes it much easier for me to track down mailer problems.



I'm very aggressive when it comes to bounced email. If email to you

starts bouncing, I'll probably drop you from the list fairly quickly;

you'll have to resubscribe when you get the problem fixed, and retrieve

the archives to find out what you missed.



Archives

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All messages to the list are archived. The archives are available via

the web, via anonymous FTP, or via Majordomo:



Via the web: Visit <http://www.greatcircle.com/list-managers/archive.html>



Via anonymous FTP: host FTP.GreatCircle.COM,

directory "pub/list-managers/archive",

or via <ftp://ftp.greatcircle.com/pub/list-managers/archive/