Mail Server Networks

Mail Server Networks - or "discussion groups".

Listbox.com sells reasonable mailing lists if you wont to set up your own list: http://www.listbox.com/

Four collections of networks, where you may find dozens of good networks:

The Mailbase web site: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/

SD Gateway - electronic mailing lists: http://sdgateway.net/noframe/en_maillist.htm
(Technology Transfer etc.)

Stock Market Discussion Groups : http://www.investorlinks.com/talk-a.html

Communications for a Sustainable Future: http://csf.colorado.edu/listproc.html
(World Systems, International Political Economy, Progressive Economists Network, Post-Keynesian Thought etc.)

Mailing lists etc. for historians: http://www.unifi.it/centri/sise/emlngar.htm#ml

Michigan State University Global H-Net: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/

Mailbase: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/

BBS' (bulletin boards):

Motley: http://boards.fool.com/

Prudent Bear: http://www.prudentbear.com/bbs/

Stock Market: http://www3.techstocks.com/~wsapi/investor/stocktalk-0

The first list below is an example,
the procedure with the rest is similar:

There are unfortunately several ways of subscribing. The easiest way is to use the collections above since they tell you which version they use themselves.

For the group Financing Development:

To subscribe to this list, send an e-mail message to the address below. Leave subject line blank and write: 'subscribe list-name' (without quotes) in your message; e.g. subscribe fdd-l

For the Public Policy Network:

Their homepage: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/pubpol/pubpol.htm

-and their posting guidelines: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/PUBPOL/content.htm

To subscribe: and their posting guidelines:

Send commands to: Listserv@tc.umn.edu

In the email, write in the subject line, the message: SUBSCRIBE PUBPOL-L your name

Here is a list of network grups
that I do not believe are included in the above three collections:

Public Policy Network http://www.hhh.umn.edu/pubpol/pubpol.htm

Listserv@tc.umn.edu SUBSCRIBE PUBPOL-L

TOES 97:

LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU SUBSCRIBE TOES97

United Nations Development Program - future:

Majordomo@tristram.edc.org SUBSCRIBE UNDP-future

INTERNATIONAL LABOR:

LISTSERV@YORKU.CA SUBSCRIBE LABOR-L

Left Business Observer:

lbo-talk@lists1.panix.com subscribe lbo-talk

mai-not (multi-lateral agreement on investments): http://mai.flora.org/subscrib.htm

Majordomo@flora.org subscribe mai-not

or, if you please to read from the web instead of subscribing: http://mai.flora.org/newsgrp.htm

Attac -
Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions for the benefit of Citizens: http://Attac.org/

attac-on@rosa.bok.net subscribe Attac

Global Knowledge for development:

MAJORDOMO@MAIL.EDC.ORG

Do not enter a subject.
In the body of the message, type the text: SUBSCRIBE GKD97

Do not put anything after GKD97.

asia's apec:

Majordomo@jca.ax.apc.org subscribe asia-apec

LETS (Economic exchange without money):

mailbase-admin@mailbase.ac.uk subscribe econ-lets

LETSLinkNorden (Scandinavian):

r2d2@div.org subscribe LETSLinkNorden

CURRENCY :

MAILSERV@PIMACC.PIMA.EDU subscribe CURRENCY

PHILOFHI (History of World Systems):

LISTSERV@YORKU.CA subscribe PHILOFHI

Sustainable transportation:

Majordomo@jca.ax.apc.org subscribe sustran-discuss

Alternative urban transportation:

majordomo@lists.realtime.net subscribe transit-alternatives

Le Monde-Diplomatique:

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/

requests@london.monde-diplomatique.fr subscribe dispatch

EAEPE (only for members of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy):

listserver@eaepe.tuwien.ac.at SUBSCRIBE EAEPE.DIALOGUE

Her is one example of an instruction guide for mail server usage:

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MAILBASE USER CARD

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CONTENTS

1. Welcome to Mailbase

2. Mailbase on the Web

3. Sending Mailbase commands

4. Joining and leaving a list

5. Contributing to list discussions

6. Suspending mail

7. Checking your membership

8. Retrieving files and list archives

9. Finding a List

10. Other Documents

11. Getting Help

12. Summary of Commands

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1. WELCOME TO MAILBASE

=====================

Mailbase is ...

a national service, providing electronic discussion lists and information

sharing facilities for the UK Higher Education and research community.

Mailbase is based in the Computing Service at the University of Newcastle

and is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the

Higher Education Funding Councils for England, Scotland and Wales and by

the Department of Education for Northern Ireland (DENI).

=====================

2. MAILBASE ON THE WEB

=====================

The Mailbase web site is located at:

http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/

All open (public) Mailbase lists have a webpage where you can read

archived messages, get information about the list, retrieve files, and

look at membership details (if the owner permits).

You will also find a lot of webpages and documents telling you how to

use Mailbase.

=====================

3. SENDING MAILBASE COMMANDS

=====================

Join or leave Mailbase lists, or find our more about them by sending

special commands in the body of an email message to:

mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

More than one command may be included in a message to Mailbase, but each

must be on a separate line. Commands may be in any order, in UPPER,

lower, or MiXeD case. End the list of commands with the special command

"stop"

|-------------------------------------------------|

| To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk |

| Subject: test (you may leave this blank) |

| |

| Body of message: |

| |

| join mailbase-news Jane M. Smith |

| join music-theory Jane M. Smith |

| stop |

|-------------------------------------------------|

The "stop" command will prevent Mailbase reporting an error, in case your

message includes any other text.

For a full list of user commands see the end of this message.

=====================

4. JOINING AND LEAVING MAILBASE

=====================

Use the "join" command to add your name to a Mailbase list.

E.g. join mailbase-news George Stevens

You will begin to receive messages from the list(s) you have joined.

The "leave" command will remove your name from a specified Mailbase list,

or, if the "all" option is used, from all those lists where your

membership address matches your current email address.

E.g. leave mailbase-news

or leave all

=====================

5. CONTRIBUTING TO LIST DISCUSSIONS

=====================

Here is an example of a message to the Mailbase News (mailbase-news) list

|-------------------------------------------------|

| To: mailbase-news@mailbase.ac.uk |

| Subject: user support |

| |

| Body of message: |

| |

| A recent study has shown .... |

|-------------------------------------------------|

Your message will be sent to all members of the list.

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6. SUSPENDING MAIL

=====================

If you are going to be away from work, use the "suspend mail" command to

temporarily suspend mail from a specified list. The "all" option will

suspend mail from all lists, which you are a member of.

E.g. suspend mail mailbase-news

or suspend mail all

When you return to work, use "resume mail" to restore mail from a chosen

list, or from all (joined) lists if the "all" option is used.

E.g. resume mail mailbase-news

or resume mail all

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7. CHECKING YOUR MEMBERSHIP

=====================

Send the command "list me" to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

This will show which lists you are member of, and whether you are a list

owner or moderator.

=====================

8. RETRIEVING FILES AND LIST ARCHIVES

=====================

All "open" (public) lists will have a webpage on the Mailbase web where

you can retrieve old messages and files asssociated with the list. The

location of this webpage will be:

http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/listname

Type the name of your list instead of "listname"

To retrieve archives and files by email, use "index listname" to obtain

the names of files and list archives associated with a specific list.

E.g. index mailbase-news

The "get" command retrieves files via email. Large files are automatically

broken down into several messages, each 1000 lines long.

E.g get mailbase-news 1996-09

get mailbase-news introduction

You may set your own file size, up to a maximum of 5,000 lines, by using

the "line limit" command. If required, it should precede a send command.

The minimum line limit value is 1000.

E.g. line limit 2000

send mailbase-news 1996-09

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9. FINDING A LIST

=====================

On the Mailbase World Wide Web service you can search for open lists by

keyword, or by subject.

Alternatively, use "find lists keyword" to search Mailbase for lists which

have a particular keyword in the listname or description.

E.g. find lists french

Use "review" to obtain details of the members of a Mailbase list, and a

brief description of the purpose of that list.

E.g. review mailbase-news

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10. OTHER DOCUMENTS

=====================

All our documents are available on the web and can be found from the

Mailbase website http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/ .

To get a list of the all the documents available via email, send a

message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with this command:

index mailbase

To get a copy of one of the documents, use the command "get mailbase

document"

E.g. get mailbase user-guide

To get a printed copy of the user guide or reference card, send a

message to the Mailbase helpline (a person) at:

mailbase-helpline@mailbase.ac.uk

Please remember to give your postal address!

=====================

11. GETTING HELP

=====================

The "help" command provides information on using Mailbase. If the command

option is used, then a detailed description of a particular command is

given.

E.g. help review

If you have queries about Mailbase, consult the file of frequently asked

questions. To retrieve this file send the following command to

mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

get mailbase user-faq

If you still have a query contact your List Owner (type the name of the

list instead of "listname") by sending a message to:

listname-request@mailbase.ac.uk

For example the List Owner for the mailbase-news list is:

mailbase-news-request@mailbase.ac.uk

If after reading the documentation, you still need help send an email

message to the Mailbase Helpline at:

mailbase-helpline@mailbase.ac.uk

explaining the problem in detail. Please note that this is a person not

a program. We will do our best to help.

=====================

12. SUMMARY OF COMMANDS

=====================

Words in CAPTIALS are to be replaced appropriately.

REMEMBER TO SEND ALL COMMANDS TO: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

- find lists KEYWORD

Search for Mailbase lists

- get LISTNAME FILENAME

Get file belonging to a list

- get Mailbase FILENAME

Get a Mailbase document

- help

Get a list of all commands

- help COMMAND

Get details on using a command

- index LISTNAME

Get a list of available files for list

- index Mailbase

Get list of documents about the Mailbase service

- join LISTNAME FIRSTNAME LASTNAME

Join a list

- leave LISTNAME

Leave a list

- leave all

Leave all your Mailbase lists

- line limit NUMBER

Split up a long file

- list me

Find out which lists you belong to

- lists

Get the names of all Mailbase lists

- lists full

Get names and description of all Mailbase lists (about 10,000 lines)

- resume mail LISTNAME

Resume email from a list

- resume mail all

Resume email from ALL lists

- review LISTNAME

Get list details, including description, and list of members

- stop

Stop Mailbase reading signature

- suspend mail LISTNAME

Suspend email from a list

- suspend mail all

Suspend email from ALL lists

Last Updated: October 1997