At 03:17 PM 9/7/97 -0400, you wrote: >I appreciate Lydia's candor in the previous post. > >I have taken her suggestions under advisement and will reconsider what I had >planned. I think I might have students find lists that they have an interest in >and start following threads there. This list might be a little too technical and >busy for their needs. > >Can anyone point me in the direction of a list that is more newbie-focused? As in >how to use listservs and what sort of issues are involved? > >I'm grateful for any support you can give in this 'rabbit trail' from the normal >list traffic :) One quick and easy place to evaluate lists, if you have access: there's a hierarchy on Usenet news called "bit.listserv.*", which are the Usenet gateways for various mailing lists. You can use the newsgroup to read about a weeks' worth of various postings and see which are in the type of area you're looking for. If they can all get into newsgroups, you might consider alt.usage.english or alt.folklore.urban for pure reading pleasure in the area of human interaction (alt.fan.keanu-reeves also makes for some _very_ entertaining reading...) However, I would advise against having the students post to these vicious fora until they understand the ground rules VERY well. Finally, if you want to find a newsgroup on the topic you're interested in, try http://www.dejanews.com and go to the interest finder, or for mailing lists, try L-Soft's "catalist" search engine. HTH, Philo Finger for public key [log in to unmask] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The past is a foreign country- they do things differently there. -L.P. Harley