Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
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Figure 10.1: An example of a news article.
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Figure 10.2: A sample newsreader's user interface.
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Figure 10.3: An illustration of how news articles are propagated throughout
the world.
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Figure 10.4: If each site fans out to 100 different sites, in only four
levels of the distribution process, a total of 101,010,100 new sites
can be reached.
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Figure 10.5: The basic idea of how an e-mail list works. Most lists
are set to send a copy of the posting back to the author as shown, but
some lists are set not to do this.
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Figure 10.6:
A sample chat room interface.
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Figure 10.7:
An example of a MUD welcome screen.
© McGraw-Hill 1997.
All rights reserved.
This presentation accompanies the book "In-line/On-line:
Fundamentals of the Internet and World Wide Web" (ISBN 0-072-90685-5)
written by Raymond Greenlaw and Ellen Hepp.