1. Lectures on Electronic Mail Applications Discussion Lists: their actors and roles Javier Santisteban-Ponce, M.D. M.Sc. in Informatics Student Cayetano Heredia University Lima, Peru

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3. Active Subscriber Administrator Active Subscriber Moderator “Lurker” Subscriber

4.  technical support with the listserver  creation, mantenance and cancelation of discussion lists,  mantenance of the file server... Administrator

5.  support to development of interaction between members,  support for order and respect within the discussion list,  take care for inclusion of issues which concern to list,  filtering messages sent to list  promote discussions... Moderator

6.  participate in discussions whitin the list,  communicate with other members,  respect other members of the list by keeping a correct language, which could be informal and cheerful... Subscribers

7. Active Subscriber Administrator Active Subscriber Moderator “Lurker” Subscriber

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9. Administrator Active Subscriber Moderador “Lurker” Subscriber picu@post.its.mcw.edu Active Subscriber

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11. Administrator Active Subscriber Moderator “Lurker” Subscriber picu@post.its.mcw.edu Active Subscriber

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14. Lectures on Electronic Mail Applications Discussion Lists: how to subscribe Javier Santisteban-Ponce, M.D. M.Sc. in Informatics Student Cayetano Heredia University Lima, Peru

15. How to subscribe to a discussion list? n Find out the e-mail addresses for listserver and list n Send an order to the listserver n Wait for confirmation message by e-mail (*) n Join the discussion by writing to the list e-mail address

16. Wants to subscribe Step 1: send a request to corresponding listserver e-mail address

17. Commands for subscribing Types of Listserver Commands Listserv, Listproc SUBSCRIBE [list] [name] Majordomo, Macjordomo SUBSCRIBE [list] [e-mail] Lyris, Mailserv, Maiser SUBSCRIBE [list] Mailbase JOIN [list] [name] Unknown or doubt about the type of server SUBSCRIBE [list] or send a message with the text HELP to receive instructions NOTICE: Many LISTSERVERS allow to omit the [name]

18. Wants to subscribe listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu subscribe pmail

19. Wants to subscribe Moderator listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu … you had been subscribed with success to the list pmail… A … your subscription request to pmail has been sent to the list moderator … B.. you must reply to this message for subscribing to pmail… C

20. Wants to subscribe Moderator listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu Variant A Message … you had been subscribed with success to the list pmail… A

21. Wants to subscribe Moderator listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu Variant B … your subscription request to pmail has been sent to the list moderator … B

22. Wants to subscribe Moderator … the moderator communicates with you by e-mail and confirms that you meet the admission criteria for the list… Variant B listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu

23. Wants to subscribe Moderator if you meet the admission criteria, the list moderator orders the listserver to proceed with subscription… Variant B listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu

24. Wants to subscribe Moderator listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu Variant B Welcome

25. Wants to subscribe Moderator listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu Variant C Reply to send.. you must reply to this message for subscribing to pmail… C

26. Wants to subscribe Moderator listserv@ua1vm.ua.edu you receive a confirmation of subscription to the pmail list… Variant C Message

27. Wants to subscribe Moderador Step 3: start to joining the list… Step 2: receive a confirmation by listserver of the corresponding list

28. New Subscriber pmail@ua1vm.ua.edu Active Subscriber Moderator “Lurker” Subscriber Active Subscriber

29. Lectures on Electronic Mail Applications Discussion Lists: how to find them Javier Santisteban-Ponce, M.D. M.Sc. in Informatics Student Cayetano Heredia University Lima, Perú

30. Where to search n Search engines on the WWW: n Lists Catalogues n Listservers Web Interfase n Specialty Resources n Searching by electronic mail n Papers and books chapters

31. Search Engines in WWW Lists Catalogues: n CataList (http://www.lsoft.com) http://www.lsoft.com n Liszt (http://www.liszt.com) http://www.liszt.com n TileNet (http://www.tile.net) http://www.tile.net n The List of Lists (http://catalog.com/vivian/interest- group-search.html) http://catalog.com/vivian/interest- group-search.htmlhttp://catalog.com/vivian/interest- group-search.html n Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences (http://n2h2.com/KOVACS/) http://n2h2.com/KOVACS/ n Topica (http://www.topica.com) http://www.topica.com

32. Search Engines in WWW Listservers Web Interfaces: n EGroups (http://www.egroups.com) http://www.egroups.com n OneList (http://www.onelist.com) http://www.onelist.com n Listserv (http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/) http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/ Majordomo (http://majordomo.pccp.com.ar) http://majordomo.pccp.com.ar n Mailbase (http://www.mailbase.ac.uk) http://www.mailbase.ac.uk n Lyris (http://lists.ctt.bc.ca/cgi- shl/lyris.pl) http://lists.ctt.bc.ca/cgi- shl/lyris.plhttp://lists.ctt.bc.ca/cgi- shl/lyris.pl

33. Search Engines in WWW Specialized Resources: n Specialty Portals (example: PedInfo www.pedinfo.org) www.pedinfo.org n Medical Classifiers: OMNI (omni.ac.uk), Medical Matrix (www.medmatrix.org), Health On the Net (www.hon.ch) omni.ac.ukwww.medmatrix.orgwww.hon.chomni.ac.ukwww.medmatrix.orgwww.hon.ch

34. Searching by electronic mail Local search: n Commands sent to a listserver for searching lists locally Global search: n Commands sent to a listserver for searching lists globally

35. Commands for searching Search goals Commands Find lists locally LISTS Find lists locally with detailed description LISTS DETAILED Find lists about epidemiology in all the associated Listservers LISTS GLOBAL/epidemiology LISTS GLOBAL/epidemiologia LISTS GLOBAL/epidemio Listing for more options... INFO REFCARD NOTICE:Commands useful with LISTSERVERS of Listserv type

36. Search in papers and books n Reviews about the Internet published in medical journals n Published reports of discussion lists n Book chapters