You may or may not receive confirmation that your message has been posted to the list. This varies with the configuration of the list management software. In addition, if you are a list member, you may not receive the posting. Resigning from Listserv lists When you decide to resign from a list, you send e-mail to the Listserv address, and you use a format very similar to that used for registration. Newsgroups are a discussion forum popular with Internet users.
Users can monitor and participate in discussions covering a wide range of topics.
When starting these programs, you must set the news server name in Preferences. The news server is news.jhu.edu. Tin is an alternative to Netscape or NewsWatcher. It is a UNIX program and may not be as user friendly. To start tin, type tin at the Welchlink prompt.