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The Top Mailing Lists for Writers
Adobe: Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator,
FrameMaker and PageMaker
Usenet newsgroup on PDF: comp.text.pdf
Adobe Product and Training Information
Address: listproc@ucdavis.edu
Message: subscribe ucd-adobe Your_First_Name Your_Last_Name
Comments: Hosted by the University of California at Davis.
Adobe Acrobat
Address: acrobat-request@blueworld.com
Message: subscribe or: subscribe digest
Adobe Acrobat& PDF
Name: PDF (previously PDF-L
Address: pdf-request@lists.pdfzone.com
(normal OR mailto:pdf-digest-request@lists.pdfzone.com
Message: SUBSCRIBE
Comments: More info at http://www.pdfzone.com/resources/lists.html
Adobe Acrobat & PDF development
Name: PDFdev
Address: pdfdev-request@lists.pdfzone.com
(normal OR pdfdev-digest-request@lists.pdfzone.com
(as digest
Message: SUBSCRIBE to one addresses above
Adobe Acrobat & PDF product & service announcements
Name: PDF-Announce
Address: pdf-announce-request@lists.pdfzone.com
Message: SUBSCRIBE
Comments: Moderated -- allows one-time commercial postings
Adobe Acrobat/pdf application news & features
Name: PDFzone EXTRA
Address: extra-request@lists.pdfzone.com
Message: SUBSCRIBE
Comments: A free, weekly newsletter for users/uses of Acrobat & pdf.
PDF files for pre-press.
Address: majordomo@infomania.com
Message: subscribe pdf-prepress-l, or for periodic compilations: subscribe pdf-prepress-d
Adobe Acrobat Capture software
Name: CAPTURE (previously CAPTURE-L
Address: capture-request@lists.pdfzone.com
(normal OR capture-digest-request@lists.pdfzone.com
(as digest
Message: SUBSCRIBE
Adobe Acrobat Talk
Comments: Mailing list on Acrobat hosted by Blue World Communications. http://www.blueworld.com/lists/acrobat
Adobe Photoshop
Address: listproc@bgu.edu
Message: subscribe Photoshop Your_Name
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premier
Address: LISTSERV@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU
Message: subscribe ADOBEPS Your_Name
Adobe Illustrator
Name: ILLSTRTR-L
Address: autoshare@ledet.com
Message: sub ILLSTRTR
Comments: Listowner: Sterling Ledet http://www.ledet.com
FrameMaker
Address: majordomo@FrameUsers.com
Message: subscribe framers, or for daily compilations: subscribe framers-digest
Comments: Brad Anderson: brad@FrameUsers.com or brad@falconmedia.com . FTP:ftp://ftp.FrameUsers.com/pub/ - Website: http://www.FrameUsers.com .
PageMaker
Address: LISTSERV@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU
Message: SUBSCRIBE PAGEMAKR
Desktop publishing, particularly PageMaker
Name: DTP-L
Address: digestif@antigone.com
Message: subscribe dtp-l Your_Name
Apple
Apple Product and Training Information
Address: listproc@ucdavis.edu
Message: subscribe ucd-apple Your_Name
Apple-Guide
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Copyright
Copyright
Address: listproc@cni.org
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ISO 9000
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Corel
Address: majordomo@iglou.com
Message: subscribe cdug _your_e-mail_address or subscribe cdug-digest your-e-mail_address
Comments: CDUG is a new list, replacing one moderated by Chris Dickman.
WordPerfect for Windows
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Address: LISTSERV@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu
Message: subscribe WPWIN-L Your_Name
WordPerfect products
Name: WPCORP-L
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WordPerfect Office
Address: LISTSERV@BYU.EDU
Message: subscribe WPOFFICE Your_Name
WordPerfect 5.1
Name: WP51-L
Address: LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA
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WordPerfect Product and Training Information
Address: listproc@ucdavis.edu
Message: subscribe ucd-wordperfect Your_Name
Ventura
Address: listserv@plaza.inventiv-edu.nl
Message: sub ventura-d
Comment 1: Started May 1997. Administrator: Bob van Duuren bob@inventiv-edu.nl
Copyediting
Name: COPYEDITING-L
Address: listserv@listserv.indiana.edu
Message: subscribe copyediting-l Your_Name
Comments: FAQ on http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/bblinn/
Education
Teaching of technical communication
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Address: listserv@clvm.clarkson.edu
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Computer Training
Address: listserv@bilbo.isu.edu
Message: subscribe computer-training Your_Name
Training and Development
Name: TRDEV-L
Address: Go to http://train.ed.psu.edu/TRDEV-L for subscription information.
Educational Computing
Name: ECID-L
Address: listserv@vm.cc.purdue.edu
Message: subscribe ECID-L
Electronic Publishing
Electronic publishing of effect on publishing &
education
Address: listproc@cosn.org
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HDK and related Virtual Media Technology
Address: majordomo@hilink.com.au
Message: subscribe hdk-l
XML and Documentation
Address: xml-doc-subscribe@egroups.com
Message: Just send a blank message to the address above.
For more details, see http://www.egroups.com/group/xml-doc/
Fonts
Fonts and typography
Address: LISTSERV@listserv.hea.ie
Message: SUB TYPO-L Your_Name
Health
The health effects of computer use
Address: Listserv@listserv.aol.com
Message: Subscribe PCHEALTH Your_Name
Carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis etc.
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Repetitive stress injury
Address: majordomo@world.std.com
Message: subscribe rsi
Migraines, cluster headaches, vascularheadaches
Address: LISTSERV@SHSU.EDU
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HTML
HTML authoring
Address: listserv@netcentral.net
Message: sub html-list Your_Name
HTML authoring
Address: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UNB.CA
Message: subscribe wwwdev Your_Name
Hypertext
Hypertext and On-line documentation
Name: T-SIGONL
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe t-sigonl
Listowner: Alexander von Obert.
Computer book publishing
Address: list@studiob.com
Subject: subscribe or: subscribe digest
Indexing
Name: INDEX-L
Address: listserv@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu
Message: subscribe index-l Your_Name
Comment: For more lists about indexing, see the list from the Australian Society of
Indexers on http://godzilla.zeta.org.au/~aussi
ISO
ISO 9000
Address: Listserv@VM1.nodak.edu
Message: subscribe iso9000 Your_Name
Technical Writing
Address: LIST@USER.ITCONSULT.CO.UK
Message: JOIN TECHCOMM (the "Subject" line must be empty)
More info at http://www.hairydog.clara.net/techcomm.html
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TC-Forum (international discussion)
Address: For entering the mailing list, go to http://www.tc-forum.org
Techwriting conference calls, presentations, etc.
Address: listserv@listserv.ncsu.edu
Message: (no subject header) subscribe techcomm your_1st_name your_last_name.
,http://www4.ncsu.edu/~brad_m .
Technical Writers Off Topic
Address: tw-out-subscribe@egroups.com
Message: just send a blank message to the address above.
Technical writing, technical communications
Address: listserv@listserv.tamu.edu
Message: sub TEKCOM-L your_1st_name your_last_name
Technical Writers
Name: The Digital Scribes (digitalscribe)
Address: Click the link http://www.onelist.com/searchlist.cgi?searchval=digitalscribe
Onelist.com does require you to register, but it is problem-free.
Students list on technical writing
Name: STC-LIST
Address: majordomo@nmt.edu
Message: subscribe stc-list
General editorial matters (moderated)
Name: EDline
Address: ElectricEds@bigfoot.com
Message: Subscribe EDline
International technical communications Name:
INSOFT-L
Address: majordomo@magellan.iquest.com
Message: subscribe insoft-l Your_e-mail_Address
Australian Technical Writers
Name: austechwriter
Address: austechwriter-subscribe@egroups.com
Message: No subject line or body text is required.
Freelancing & telecommuting technical
communicators
Name: T-TELCOM
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe t-telcom
Listowner: Alexander von Obert (English).
German Tech Writing
Technische Redakteure diskutieren
Name: T-ALLGEM
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe t-allgem
Comments: Started November 1996. All communication is in German language. Listowner:
Alexander von Obert. The list is also available on FIDONET:BBS +49-911-403905 (FIDO
2:2490/1719).
Studenten der technischen Dokumentation
(technical writing students, Germany)
Name: T-STUDI
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe t-studi
Comments: All communication is in German language. Listowner: Alexander von Obert.
Selbstaendige Dokumentationsdienstleister
(technical writing contractors, Germany)
Name: T-SELBST
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe t-selbst
Comments: All communication is in German language. Listowner: Alexander von Obert.
Uebersetzer allgemein (translation, general)
Name: U-FORUM
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe u-forum
Comments: All communication is in German language. Listowner: Alexander von Obert.
Jobangebote fuer Uebersetzer (translators, jobs
offerred)
Name: U-JOBS
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe u-jobs
Comments: All communication is in German language. Listowner: Alexander von Obert.
Computer-aided translation
Name: U-CAT
Language: German
Address: listserv@twh.nbg.de
Message: subscribe u-cat
Comments: All communication is in German. Listowner: Alexander von Obert.
Technical writing in India
Name: TWIN
Address: list@user.itconsult.co.uk
Message: join twin your_e-mail_address (in the first line of the message. Keep the subject
line empty.)
Archives: http://www.egroups.com/list/tw-in
Information Design
Information Design (announcements & moderated
discussion)
Address: majordomo@fwi.uva.nl
Message: subscribe InfoDesign
Information Design (unmoderatedsupplement to
InfoDesign list)
Address: majordomo@fwi.uva.nl
Message: subscribe InfoDesign-Cafe
Information technology (abstracts of news)
Address: listproc@educom.unc.edu
Message: subscribe edupage Your_Name
Technical Writing in Israel
Name: TECHSHORET
Address: techshoret-subscribe@egroups.com
Message: (no subject, no message)
Preferred subscription method: Go to http://www.egroups.com/group/techshoret
Approx. 1000 members
Hebrew translators
Name: Hebtranslators
Address: hebtranslators-subscribe@makelist.com
Message: (don't include any message)
Comments: The Hebrew Translator's Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/1602
Writing English in Japan
Name: SWET-L
Address: LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Message: SUBSCRIBE SWET-L Your_Name (leave the subject line blank)
Comments: All communication is in English. List owner: SWET-L-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM.
For more info, see http://www.infopage.net/swet
Military Writing
Name: MILITARY Writer's List
Address: "Bare, Smokey
L"<Smokey_Bare@dscc.dla.mil>
Montreal Technical Writing forum
Name: mtl_techwriter
See http://www.onelist.com/community/mtl_techwriter
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Technical writing in the Netherlands
Name: rtfm-nl
Address: http://www.onelist.com/group/rtfm-nl
Comments: All communication is in Dutch
Technical writing in Nordic countries (Denmark,
Finland, Norway, Sweden). In English.
Name: STC-Nordic.
Address: stc-nordic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
. Just send a mail to this address.
For more info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stc-nordic
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Comment: Related to the STC Nordic chapter.
Proposals
Name: PROPOSAL-L
Address: majordomo@ari.net
Message: subscribe proposal-l
STC
Students list on technical writing
Name: STC-LIST
Address: majordomo@nmt.edu
Message: subscribe stc-list
STC's mailing list
Name: STCCICSIG-L
Address: majordomo@stc.org
.
Message: SUBSCRIBE stccicsig-l your_e-mail_address
STC Lone Writer Special Interest Group mailing
list
Name: STCLWRSIG-L
Address: owner-stclwrsig-l@stc.org
Message: SUBSCRIBE stclwrsig-l
Technical writing in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden). In
English.
Name: STC-Nordic.
Address: stc-nordic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
. Just send a mail to this address.
For more info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stc-nordic
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Comment: Related to the STC Nordic chapter.
Technical writing in the UK
Name: STCUK-DISCUSS
Address: majordomo@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Message: subscribe stcuk-discuss
Technical writing UK
Address: LIST@USER.ITCONSULT.CO.UK
Message: JOIN TECHCOMM (the "Subject" line must be empty)
More info at http://www.hairydog.clara.net/techcomm.html
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Technical writing in the UK
Name: STCUK-DISCUSS
Address: majordomo@chiark.greenend.org.uk
Message: subscribe stcuk-discuss
Editing
Name: EDline
Address: ElectricEds@bigfoot.com
Message: Subscribe EDline
Marketing Communications
Address: listserv@rmii.com
Message: subscribe htmarcom or: subscribe htmarcom-digest
http://www.bayne.com/wolfBayne/htmarcom/
Microsoft
Microsoft PowerPoint
Newsgroup: microsoft.public.powerpoint at the host msnews.microsoft.com .
Comment: No account name or password are required to access msnews.microsoft.com.
Microsoft Word on PC
Address: listserv@liverpool.ac.uk
Message: subscribe word-pc Your_Name
Microsoft Word tips and tricks
Address: join-wordtips@lists.lyris.net
Message: (send an empty e-mail
Comments: available in digest format as well as in individual posts.
Microsoft Word on Mac (moderated discussion
Address: listproc@scu.edu.au
Message: subscribe word-mac Your_Name
Microsoft Word newsgroups:
microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs
microsoft.public.word.numbering
microsoft.public.word.vba
microsoft.public.word.macword98
If your news server doesn't carry these groups then you
can get them from Microsoft directly by specifying msnews.microsoft.com as your
newsserver.
No account name or password required to access
msnews.microsoft.com.
Microsoft HTML help Workshop newsgroups:
microsoft.public.htmlhelp
microsoft.public.vstudio.htmlhelp
Windows Help authoring
Name: WINHLP-L
Address: LISTSERV@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
Message: SUBSCRIBE WINHLP-L Your_Name
Comment: See also the reference to the website on
Winhelp FAQ, software, etc.
Windows Help authoring
Address: http://www.primenet.com/~wai
Microsoft Office
Address: wow-subscribe@tmx.com.au
Subject/Message: [unnecessary]
Comments: Woody's Office Watch, a commercially sponsored newsletter
Windows For Workgroups
Name: WFW-L
Address: LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU
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Microsoft Product and Training Information
Address: listproc@ucdavis.edu
Message: subscribe ucd-microsoft Your Name
Software Companies
Interleaf/Quicksilver
Interleaf
Address: ileaf-request@nmhg.com
Message: subscribe Your_Address Your_Name and/or whatever else
JASC
JASC Paint Shop Pro
Address: LISTSERV@1611KJB.ORG
Message: SUBSRIBE PSP Your_Name
Archive: http://WWW.1611KJB.ORG/Archives/PSP.html
Comment: Started 22 April 1998.
JASC paint Shop Pro
UseNet group: comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro
Comment: Related to Paint Shop Pro User Group, see http://pspusersgroup.com/
Macromedia products
Authorware
Address: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CC.KULEUVEN.AC.BE
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Quark Xpress
Quark Xpress
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Filemaker
FMPRO-L on Claris FileMaker Pro
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Message: SUBSCRIBE FMPRO-L Your_Name
DEC Product and Training Information
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Hewlett-Packard Product and Training Information
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IBM Product and Training Information
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Oracle Product and Training Information
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Sun Product and Training Information
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TeX
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Unisys Product and Training Information
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WexTech products, e.g. Doc-To-Help and Doc Studio
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Further information: See http://www.wextech.com/lyris/lyris.pl?enter=wextech-l
RoboHelp
Address: MAJORDOMO@SLCTNET.COM
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SGML
SGML
Name: SGML-L
Address: LISTSERV%DHDURZ1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
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SGML
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Message: subscribe comp-std-sgml Your_Name
Technical Illustration
Technical illustration
Name: TECHILL
Address: majordomo@medius.net
Message: subscribe techill
Coments: Mark Foster at mdf@uplex.net
Graphic Design
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Designing maps, charts, graphs, diagrams
Address: majordomo@fwi.uva.nl
Message: subscribe InfoGraphics
Usability Testing
Usability testing & human factors
Name: UTEST
Address: listproc@hubcap.clemson.edu
Message: subscribe UTEST Your_Name
Archive: Searchable archive is at Cambridge
Publications, Inc.
Product usability issues, especially designing interfaces
.
Address: UIETips-Request@uie.com
Message: the word SUBSCRIBE must be included in the body of the message.
Comments: The list is maintained by Jared Spool on jspool@uie.com
Human factors
Name: HFS-L
Address: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.VT.EDU
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XML
XML and Documentation
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