Usenet: Taming the E-Mail Flood.

Notess, Greg R.

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ERIC Number: EJ465822

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Usenet: Taming the E-Mail Flood.

Notess, Greg R.

Online, v17 n4 p86-88 Jul 1993

Explains how the Usenet network's dissemination model differs from electronic-mail-based discussion groups in terms of how users can choose which information best fits their needs. Various methods of limiting excessive numbers of unwanted messages are explained. (EAM)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Listservs, Models, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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