Mailing lists are an ideal vehicle for creating email-based 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 know-how, which is where this book comes in Managing Mailing Lists is full of practical information for the list maintainer оеэйы and system administrator alike This book covers four mailing list packages: Majordomo, LISTSERV, Listproc, and SmartList -- all of which run on UNIX systems (LISTSERV runs on a number of platforms, including Windows NT) If you are a system administrator, Managing Mailing Lists tells you what you need to know to pick a mailing list package and get it up and running on your system If you are charged with establishing and running a list, this book covers everything you need to know about setting up and maintaining the list, from writing the charter to dealing with bounced messages Mailing lists offer a great deal of flexibility,and this book 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.  SplendoISBN 156592259X.