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From: "Diana Gale Matthiesen" <>
Subject: Re: [LO] email software madness - LISTSERV
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:20:05 -0500
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Thank you for the clarification. I am so used to ASCII text email, I don't
suppose I will ever like anything else. Heck, I still prefer the command line
to Windows... ;-)

Diana

> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Jim Loudon
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 7:41 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [LO] email software madness - LISTSERV
>
>
> >
> > I went to their web site,
> > http://www.lsoft.com/default.asp
> >
> > and one thing isn't clear to me. LISTSERV now appears to
> be a marriage of
> > web-based email and a message board, where you login to
> access messages and
> > archives. Do you still receive posts via email? Or do you
> have to login to the
> > web site to view new messages?
> >
>
> Yes, the messages still go back and forth via email, although it's
> possible to view and send messages via the web interface if
> permitted by
> the list administrator.
>
> FWIW, Mailman can be made to operate in a similar manner,
> although the
> feature set available to Rootsweb end users is best described
> as spartan.
>
> jim
>
>
>

>

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