History of Listserv

Alex39177y ago· 2 in thread

Is there a good way to find publicly available Listserv-type email groups? I know Listserv has a page of groups running their software, but it doesn't surface things like the Python email lists, which run on Mailman.

davidcollantes7y ago

Not that many public email groups running on Listserv, as it is rather expensive.

nucleardog7y ago

Geeze you weren't kidding. LISTSERV Classic: $2,525 - $16,900

http://www.lsoft.com/products/listserv_license.asp?currency=...

ggm7y ago· 2 in thread

I cruised some BITNET lists before they went dark. 132 column lineprinter listings.

I loved the moment finding the Camel Breeders of the middle east using Teaching Hospital networks (IBM systems) to discuss vet science issues in camel semen...

dhimes7y ago

Sounds like a helluva moment...

ggm7y ago

nah, they're doing real work. The thing is, I realized very quickly as a sysad running email and USENET systems, that there was already a huge community beyond my ken, waiting for a service which wasn't about ICT, but was about "them" and then the web hit ...

jason_slack7y ago

At one point I was the admin/moderator for 13 lists at the same time. This was 1994-1996 approximately.

Lsoft was filling some large voids with LISTSERV and LSMTP. Then Mailman came around and really took over.

Did anyone else find it weird that so many mailing lists ended in -L? I understand why but normal people probably didn’t know -L stood for list and techy people would have known it was a list without -L

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