Hi all,
Marvin, there are many places where you can set up lists. Most of them
require you to use a web interface. Smartgroups, topica, yahoogroups
are the most well known of these groups. Maelstrom would be a good
choice except that it isn't taking any new lists, I don't think. If you
are good at reading web interfaces, then setting up a list is fairly
easy.
Caveat, if you plan to become a listowner, it is an ongoing job. You
need to read all the messages on your list, you need to monitor the
error messages and probably subscribe and unsubscribe members. You need
to know how to set up your list so that you will receive the least
amount of spam. It's not a walk in the park. If you plan to be a
listowner on a Jaws list for Australia, this will be a high traffic
list. Suggest that you get a co-owner so that the tasks can be shared.
Frankly, if I were thee, I'd write to Freedom Scientific and ask them to
set up a list for you on their server. They *should* be happy to do
this. After all, it's a product list, and they could monitor it and get
feedback...Hmmmmm, dunnow as FS' policies are that logical.
Anyhow, those are my $.02.
Ann P.
Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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-----Original Message-----
From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marvin Hunkin
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:28 PM
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Subject: Setting Up A Mailling List
Hi vip listers.
i have never set up a list before.
got this suggestion from wayne hemelrick from the nfbcs list at the
national federation for the blind. there seems to be no jaws list in
australia. so he suggested i set one up. i have never done this before.
i am using jaws 5.10 on a windows 2000 machine. how do i go about
setting one up, maintaining it, as i am a information technology
student, doing classes in programming, so might not have much time at
the moment. can any one suggest how i do this? has any one done this on
the list before? and which services are very speech friendly to set up?
please let me know. cheers Marvin.
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