Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences

Generic Subscription and Archives Access Instructions

If you Have Questions Always use the Contact Address given in each Entry.

LISTSERV, LISTPROC etc.

To subscribe to a LISTSERV , COMSERVE, LISTPROC,
MAILBASE, or MAILSERV managed discussion list

1. send an email message addressed to the email address provided in the
"Subscription" field.
2. Leave the subject line blank. The text of the message *must* read:

SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME Yourfirstname Yourlastname Your Institution

(LISTNAME means the name of the list..e.g. if the List Name field says LIBREF-L..the LISTNAME is LIBREF-L)

Do not include any other text and *leave the subject line blank* as this is being read by a computer program and not a person. ..the program just won't understand and will bounce back your command if it is not worded as specified above.

Some discussion lists provide Web-based subscription forms. These URLs are provided in some directory entries.

-REQUEST Addresses

To subscribe to e-conferences with a -REQUEST address:

1. send an email message to list-REQUEST@host (e.g., SOC-
CULTURE-GREEK-REQUEST@CS.WISC.EDU).

2. Use the same basic directions as with the Listserv software. The -REQUEST
address gets you to the Coordinator, rather than to the membership of the entire e-conference.

Please look carefully at the entry for each
list you are interested in, to see if a -REQUEST address has been provided. Include your name, address, and institutional affiliation in
your message

USENET NEWSGROUPS

Use the Newsreader software in your Web browser.

MAJORDOMO

Send email to the majordomo@site address. The text of the message should be: subscribe listname youremailaddress

Contact the Moderator

Send email to the contact address and request (politely) a subscription to that discussion list.

Archives Access

Remember not all discussion lists have archives and some of them are also only available for limited periods of time or to subscribers only.

Google Archives of DejaNews

Google has archived and made available current newsgroup archives as well as the records from DejaNews. DejaNews was a World Wide Web search tool for Usenet newsgroup archives.

Netscape to connect to the URL: http://groups.google.com/
Follow the directions and type your search terms into the form and click on Google Search. The 20 years archives is also available http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html

LISTSERV Archives Searching

LISTSERV archives form databases that are keyword searchable. Most are available on the Web by forming the listserv domnain address into a Web URL. For example the Libref-L and DOROTHYL archives can be found at http://listserv.kent.edu Nettrain's archives are http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu