On 24 Apr 97 at 21:44, annelise wrote:

> I would be greatly appreciative if someone could give me some direction in
> the steps one needs to take in developing a mailing list?  Can an
> individual run a mail list through a regular internet account with special
> software???  Or is it something that needs to be done through a ISP
> directly???  Where could I go to find information on running and developing
> a mail list???

You might want to take a look at the LISTSERV(R) List Owners manual
at http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/owner/owner.html
The second chapter, "Starting a Mailing List -- The Basics"  has some
good information. It is specific to LISTSERV(R) of course, but  some
of it is general and may be a good starting point.

(Note that I do work for L-Soft, so perhaps I'm biased, but I really
do think LISTSERV is the best list software around :-)

Francoise