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Mailing Lists
Email-based discussion groups Emails sent to the mailing list are delivered to
those who subscribe to the list Can be moderated or unmoderated
Moderator decides if a message gets posted to the list or not Keep the discussion on topic Keep SPAMs out
Can be restricted or open Moderator or list owner approves subscriptions
Mailing Lists (cont)
For examples Professional organizations
[email protected] Common interests
[email protected] Annoucement
Mailing List or Newsletter?
Mailing list is 2-way communication Subscribers can post and receive messages
Newsletter is 1-way Subscribers can only receive messages
Mailing Lists - Management
Management software, for example LISTSERV
Created by Eric Thomas who founded L-Soft http://www.lsoft.com/ Search: http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html
Majordomo Developed by Brent Chapman http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/
Mailman http://www.list.org/
Mailing Lists - Subscription
Subscribe to a mailing list of interest Receive a confirmation Reply to the confirmation For example
[email protected] Web interface
https://fenris.cs.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs6
Mailing Lists - Subscription
Email interface Send an email to [email protected]
with ‘subscribe’ in the subject or body
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:41:47 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: confirm 9277355af0e052decdcdd87bd52fb13986eb9464 Mailing list subscription confirmation notice for mailing list Cs6 We have received a request from 138.23.200.37 for subscription of your email address, "[email protected]", to the [email protected] …
Mailing Lists - Sending messages Send your messages to [email protected] You messages will reach every subscribers
of the list (including yourself) Follow the guideline from RFC1855
Keep the welcome message Observe before sending/posting messages
If the list is moderated, your message might be delayed
Mailing Lists - Unsubscription Web interface
https://fenris.cs.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs6
Mailing Lists - Unsubscription Email interface
Send an email to [email protected] with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject or body
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:51:39 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: You have been unsubscribed from the Cs6 mailing list
Mailing Lists - Misc
Help You may also get help by sending email to
[email protected] with “help” in the subject or body
Digest Mode Emails to the list are consolidated into a single
email once a day or per week Archives
Old messages can be accessible
Mailing Lists - Web-based Groups Yahoo! Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/ Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/
Newsgroups
Newsgroups
Developed by Tom Truscott & Jim Ellis from Duke University in 1979
A newsreader client is needed to read and post messages to the newsgroups
News servers are distributed The network of newsgroup was called Usenet Use NNTP protocol to sync news
Network News Transport Protocol
Newsgroups - Organization
~100,000 newsgroups available For example
comp.os.linux.setup comp.virus soc.history.science talk.politics.theory
Newsgroups - Organization
8 mainstream Usenet groups comp. Computer related topics humanities. Fine art, literature, and philosophy misc. Employment, health and misc. news. Information about Usenet news rec. Recreations, games, sports, etc sci. Applied and social science soc. Social issues and culture talk. Current issues and debates
Newsgroups - Organization
Other groups alt. biz. ..
Binaries alt.binaries.pictures.autos
Newsgroups - Web-based newsreader Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/ Google indexes newsgroups and thus searchable
Newsgroups - Threading
Thread A thread is a discussion, and replies to the same
topic are organized together
Newsgroups - Regular newsreader For example
Mozilla Suite MS Outlook
Before reading the message from a newsgroup, one has to subscribe to it
Newsgroups - Posting a message Posting a message to a newsgroup is like
writing an email to the newsgroup Follow the guideline from RFC1855
Read the FAQ Avoid flame wars Be aware of copyright issues No ads
RSS
RSS
Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication An xml-based method of sending headlines
of sites to your desktop Netscape developed RSS in 1991 Subscription is needed
RSS - Reader
Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/
Opera http://www.opera.com/
FeedReader http://www.feedreader.com/
Blogs
Blogs
Personal web diaries and journals AKA Web logs For example
http://www.blogger.com/
