-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This message is an L-Soft announcement. L-Soft is the company that sells
LISTSERV(TM), LSMTP(TM), LMail(TM) and other networking products and
services. This message is not a spam; it is only being posted to lists
which are owned and operated by L-Soft and discuss L-Soft products or
services. For this announcement, the following lists have been selected:
LSOFT-ANNOUNCE L-Soft announcements
-> LSTOWN-L LISTSERV list owners' forum
LSTSRV-E Forum for LISTSERV evaluation kit users
LSTSRV-L LISTSERV administrators - give and take forum
All these lists are operated by L-Soft and related to L-Soft products. If
you wish to unsubscribe, simply send a message to [log in to unmask]
with the following command in the text of your message:
SIGNOFF LSTOWN-L
If you have any question about this announcement, please write to
[log in to unmask] for more information.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
L-SOFT CELEBRATES LISTSERV's 10th ANNIVERSARY
WITH $1,000,000.00 GIVEAWAY
June 30, 1996
(Washington, DC)... On June 30, 1986 at 12:25pm (Paris time), Eric Thomas
posted the opening message to the first of a new generation of electronic
mailing lists that, unlike their predecessors, would be managed
automatically by a computer program responding to commands sent by the
list members, freeing the "list owner" from tedious clerical work. The
subject of the message was "Test mail", the name of the list was
LSTSRV-L, and the recipients were a small group of people who were
interested in Thomas's new list server and had asked to be sent a copy as
soon as it was finished. Although Thomas expected his project to be over
within a few weeks, the program that is now known as LISTSERV(TM) has
been continually improved upon over the past 10 years to become the most
popular mailing list management software available.
Today, LISTSERV(TM) helps thousands of list owners manage mailing lists
where people discuss anything from hypertension to volleyball. Every
weekday, the software delivers over 11 million pieces of electronic mail
to millions of subscribers - more than 4 times the number of daily
package deliveries performed by FedEx(R)! (*)
L-Soft international Inc., the exclusive distributors of LISTSERV(TM),
will be celebrating LISTSERV's 10th anniversary by throwing an online
party with prizes, giveaways, awards and free software licenses valued at
$1,000,000.00.
"Ten years is a very long time, almost eternity, where the Internet is
concerned," says Communications and Marketing Coordinator Susan Lowell,
"and we're grateful to all the faithful contributors and LISTSERV fans
who have given us the feedback we needed to improve the product over the
years and make LISTSERV the most popular electronic mailing list manager
available. An anniversary celebration is a great opportunity for us to
give something back - both to the LISTSERV community and to the Internet
as a whole."
The anniversary festivities will include a global 24-hour party to
celebrate the occasion (coming in September) and a wide range of
giveaways, including free LISTSERV(TM) packages, free EASE(SM) mailing
lists hosted on L-Soft's central servers, and commemorative T-shirts.
Details about the celebration, including information on how to apply for
awards or register to win anniversary prizes, will be posted on L-Soft's
WWW site (http://www.lsoft.com).
-------
(*) According to the figures at http://www.fedex.com/facts_about.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
EASE is a service mark of L-Soft international.
L-SOFT and LISTSERV are trademarks of L-Soft international.
FedEx is a registered trademark of Federal Express Corporation.
All other trademarks, both marked and not marked, are the property of
their respective owners.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
