FYI. I may try to organize a group buy in the Washington, DC area. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:19:03 -0800 (PST) From: Christina Silveira <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: "Managing Mailing Lists," from O'Reilly FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Christina Silveira (707)829-0515 ext.339 [log in to unmask] http://www.oreilly.com March 25, 1998 New O'Reilly Release Offers Advice on Managing Mailing Lists SEBASTOPOL, CA-Mailing lists are ideal vehicles for creating electronic communities. All you need to run a mailing list is access to a system that is connected to the Internet, a mailing list management software package, and a bit of knowledge. That is where O'Reilly's just-released book, "Managing Mailing Lists," comes in. This invaluable guide is full of practical information for the list maintainer and system administrator. This book covers four mailing list packages: Majordomo LISTSERV ListProcessor SmartList. All of these packages run on UNIX systems; LISTSERV runs on a number of platforms, including Windows NT. "Managing Mailing Lists" provides the reader with everything they need to know to pick a mailing list package and get it up and running. It covers all aspects of setting up and maintaining the list, from writing the charter for the list to dealing with bounced messages. Mailing lists offer a great deal of flexibility. "Managing Mailing Lists" lays out all the different options, such as creating moderated lists, controlling who can subscribe to a list, offering digest subscriptions, and archiving list postings. Alan Schwartz, author of "Managing Mailing Lists," explains "The Internet has always been an ideal medium for group discussion, and mailing list software has become increasingly available to users at all levels of experience. This book guides would-be list owners and list server administrators in how to get the most from the most popular free UNIX-based mailing list servers. In 1994, I ran about 15 mailing lists, and had become serious about tweaking my Listproc server to do what I wanted. The Listproc documentation was fairly thorough, but spread out and any one part could be cryptic. It occurred to me that I had never seen a book about how to run a mailing list! Research involved setting up endless variations of mailing lists using 4 different servers, and putting them through their paces." About the Author Alan Schwartz is an assistant professor of clinical decision making in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In his spare time, he develops and maintains the PennMUSH MUD server and brews beer and mead with his wife. Alan runs multiple mailing lists for the Society for Judgment and Decision Making and for PennMUSH users and developers; he has been managing mailing lists for at least five years now. About O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books on free software, the Internet, programming, Linux and UNIX. O'Reilly is a major developer of Win32 software for the Internet, with software products including WebSite Professional (Web server software for Windows 95 and Windows NT), WebBoard (Web conferencing system), and Polyform (Web site form-building software). ### Managing Mailing Lists By Alan Schwartz 1st Edition March 1998 (US) 298 pages, 1-56592-259-X, $29.95 (US)