Mailing List Exercises



1. Search The Liszt Director of Email Discussion Groups. Find email discussion groups for three different subject areas Do any of the groups have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file or document?

2. Use a keyword search for the same three subject areas using http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/resources.html. Find different email discussion groups for each subject area.

3. Search CataList to see if you can find an additional new email discussion group for your original three subject areas.

4. Search DejaNews and list an example of each of the following eight generic newsgroup categories:

Write down what you discovered and either email or turn in your results.


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