>I've appreciated all of the advice to date for getting started as >a list owner. My problem is that I can't find a BITNET node that >will respond or allow me to start the lists. Maybe it has something to do with your .COM address and the COMmercial nature of your product? Or maybe not. At any rate, you can probably license the L-Soft product, or some brand-x version. There is even a FAQ on where to get more info about "mail archivers" aka Mail List Managers -- posted to the "usual" Usenet places. -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] Proud member of KISS and TELNET +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA Path: psuvm!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.ecn.bgu.edu! usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!bloom-beacon .mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!serini From: [log in to unmask] (Piero Serini) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.sources.wanted,news.answers,comp.answers Subject: Pointer to Mail Archive Servers FAQ Supersedes: <[log in to unmask]> Followup-To: poster Date: 31 May 1994 08:14:11 GMT Organization: Computer Science Dept. - Milan University Lines: 48 Approved: [log in to unmask] Distribution: world Expires: 29 Jun 1994 08:09:47 GMT Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] NNTP-Posting-Host: 18.70.0.209 Summary: This posting contains infos on how to get the Mail Archive Servers FAQ X-Last-Updated: 1994/03/14 Originator: [log in to unmask] Xref: news.cac.psu.edu comp.mail.misc:5728 comp.sources.wanted:5108 news.answers:16167 comp.answers:5261 Archive-name: mail/archive-servers/pointer Last-modified: 1994/03/15 Version: 1.1 This is a Pointer to the "Mail Archive Server Software List" FAQ. It describes how to get the latest version of it. Mail Archive Server Software List A Summary of Available Mail Archive Server Software --------------------------------------------------- by: Piero Serini [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] (C) Jonathan I. Kamens 1991,1992,1993 - All Rights Reserved (C) Piero Serini 1994 - All Rights Reserved 0.0 Organization and availability This FAQ is posted monthly, the 15th, on comp.mail.misc, comp.sources.wanted, comp.answers and news.answers. It is available: - from the above USENET groups - from all the USENET archives - ftp//ghost.dsi.unimi.it[149.132.2.1]/pub/Faqs/MAS.Z A context diff file containing the differences between this FAQ and the previous release is posted on comp.mail.misc,comp.sources.wanted and is available from the same sites, in: /pub/Faqs/MAS.diffs.Z. This FAQ is NOT reposted if modified, until the next issue date. I will modify the ftp file only. I suggest using ftp to get the latest version of this document. This FAQ consists of four parts: 0.* Organization. (0.1 Copyright) (0.2 Warranty) (0.3 Publishing Notes) 1.* Software List. 2.* Archivers, what they archive, how to download. 3.* History and Contributors' list. -- Piero Serini Via Giambologna, 1 <[log in to unmask]> I 20136 Milano - ITALY