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It's very easy to install and run.

Design of all public pages is fully editable.

List server companies:
online-groups List-niverse MSG iadvertising IAR GVU flycast iagency e-groups dictionary ch7-news CyberAtlas a-media adtalk

Email content providers:
Prizecentral Promotion Sweepsclub

    You can select from the above.
    The selection is not exhaustive. Internet is grooving at very fast speed and you can probably find more on your own.
    Below is a collection of practical terms and expressions.

listserver
[ is a ]

program or software that let the people send the message directly to members or subscribers is like newsgroups but you do not have to log in to the news server the message is send to you directly by e-mail

Newsgroups
[ is a ]

message board open to everyone ( more democratic)
Now about 35.000 to choose from.
Most of the time advertising is not allowed <>

open
[ and closed ]

lists. A subscriber to an open list will be approved automatically unless they specify an "address" different from the one in their e-mail header. All subscriptions to closed lists will be sent to the list owner for approval.

in general
[ posting rules ]

keep your posting tied with the subject of the group.
Read the FAQ
Try to read for a while before you post
By all means participate actively in as many as you can. Most of the groups or newsletters are made by the pros.

spam
[ was ]

a posting of an ad to several newsgroups at once.
Now used by all to define a junk or trash unsolicited e-mail.

Majordomo
[ is a ]

grateful name or user or a phony person
originally from Unix to define:
a set of programs written in Perl that automate operation of multiple mailing lists. As such does not exist. Every program that runs under Unix needs to have an ownership and majordomo is the owner of all mailing or discussion groups under one domain more info about majordomo can be found at the origin site

public
[ and private ]

lists. In a public list, subscribers have access to information about other subscribers through the "who" and "which" commands; in a private list, they don't.
When a list is private, only subscribers can use the archive commands "index" and "get".

moderated
[ a list group ]

with a person who decide which message can go outside or not usably a list owner who will not allowed any competitive messages. He is the one that collect from advertising company.