Keep in mind that some sites on the Web change locations without notice. If you find a link that is broken, please report it. But more importantly, if you find an interesting reporting link on the Web that is not listed here, submit it to be added to the list. Check the mail regularly. Overview and Introduction to Distribution Lists List serves , or automated mail distribution lists, are as much a part of the Internet as any of the other utilities we will discuss this semester.
List serves enable people to keep up with the rapid changes in their fields.
There are a number of widely used list server programs. You will, no doubt, discover, others as you sign on and sign off lists in the next few weeks. The commands to use these programs vary slightly for each one, but they all do about the same kind of things. There are literally thousands of lists on the Internet around the world. Many are based in the United States, but it is not unusual to subscribe to one in Canada, a European country, or elsewhere.