Re: ORACLE LIST SERVERS

In article <2t9m2t$od_at_nic.hookup.net>, pberger_at_nic.hookup.net (Paul Berger) writes:
|> In article <1994Jun8.193749.2904_at_unlv.edu>,
|> Changshi Wu <cswu_at_anson.ISRI.UNLV.EDU> wrote:
|> >In article <Cr2wDx.CMM_at_hippo.ru.ac.za>, pcser1_at_ml.petech.ac.za writes:
|> >) From: pcser1_at_ml.petech.ac.za
|> >) Subject: Re: ORACLE LIST SERVERS
|> >) Organization: P.E. Technikon
|> >) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 94 05:37:08 PDT
|> >)
|> >) ORACLE LIST SERVERS.
|>
|> ...what are these beasts called 'LIST SERVERS'?
|>

According to information I downloaded from one, LISTSERV stands for "list server" and is a miling-list server which was originally designed to facilitate group communication by providing "mail-exploding" capabilities available to people with a common interest.

If you are a subscriber, you receive and respond to postings via e-mail. Many LISTSERV lists also archive old postings for some period of time and you can download those files if you wish. I am new to the LISTSERV world. I know of a list for Sybase and Oracle.

Sybase:		LISTSERV_at_UCSBVM.BITNET
Oracle:		LISTSERV_at_SBCCVM.BITNET

If you want to subscribe to them, send an e-mail message to the above address(es) with one of the following (whichever is appropriate for the LISTSERV you are addressing it to) as the message body. By the way, don't include a signature file because the LISTSERV software will try to interpret anything in the message body as an instruction):

        SUBSCRIBE SYBASE-L firstname lastname

        SUBSCRIBE ORACLE-L firstname lastname

Good luck if you decide to try it out.

                                Teresa Larson

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