The now commonly-used term "listserv" refers, in fact, to the original e-mail list hosting software (called LISTSERV) first introduced in 1986. Now, just about any electronic discussion list is called a "listserv." Moreover Lsoft, the company that produces the LISTSERV brand of software, has started to clamp down on use of this term. In referring to the generic tool, one should use "e-mail list" or "e-mail-based discussion group." Roughly fourteen years later, the list of available resources in this area has, of course, grown, so we thought it was time for an update of what we know to be available, based on your input. The following is a short listing of places where organizations can learn about other discussion lists, as well as publicize the existence of their discussion and electronic mailing lists, listservs, e-zines, and e-newsletters, as well as list hosting services. For a pretty formidable set of discussion list tips, take a look at Topica.com's "General Email List Resources" We also want to acknowledge the great heads-up on resources courtesy of the "Poor Richard's Web Site News" listserv [To subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to subscribe-prwebnews@lists.dundee.net] The following codes are used to denote the services: D = List directory, announcement or search service H = List Hosting (usually with built-in searchable directory and archives) S = List Software $ = Fee involved for software or advanced features or services Those services cited by Poor Richards are credited as such. Catalog of LISTSERV Lists http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html [D,S,$] Delphi http://www.delphi.com [D,H] The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences http://n2h2.com/KOVACS [D] eGroups http://www.egroups.com [H] ETEXT Archives (Poor Richard's) http://www.etext.org/Zines/ [D] E-Zine Ad Source (Poor Richard's) http://www.ezineadsource.com/ [D] (Useful if you want to sell ads on your list) E-ZineZ (Poor Richard's) http://www.e-zinez.com/ [D] InfoBot.net (Poor Richard's) http://www.infobot.net/ [D] Internet Scout Project's NEW-LIST (Poor Richard's) http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/caservices/new-list/index.html [D] John Labovitz's E-Zine List (Poor Richard's) http://www.meer.net/~johnl/e-zine-list/ [D] List of Lists http://catalog.com/vivian/interest-group-search.html [D] Listbot http://www.listbot.com [H,$] List Universe.com http://list-universe.com/ [D] Liszt http://www.liszt.com [D] Low Bandwidth (Poor Richard's) http://www.disobey.com/low/ [D] Lyris http://www.lyris.net/ [H,S,$] NeoSoft  http://www.NeoSoft.com:80/internet/paml/indexes.html [D] NewJour (Poor Richard's) http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/ [D] New-List http://New-List.com/ [D] Newsletter Access (Poor Richard's) http://www.newsletteraccess.com/ [D,$] Newsletter Library (Poor Richard's) http://pub.savvy.com/ [D,$] TileNet http://tile.net [D] (Includes a listing of Usenet newsgroups as well) Topica http://www.topica.com/ [H] (Lets you start a new list or move an existing list -- including subscribers -- to its hosting service, giving you the ability to create threads and searchable archives for your list)