LISTSERV
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LISTSERV® is the first electronic mailing list software application, originally developed by Eric Thomas in 1986 for the Bitnet computer network. It was a key service on that network. The word "listserv" is often (incorrectly) used as a generic term for any email-based mailing list application of that kind. L-Soft international, Inc. has a registered trademark for the term, and argues that it is not legal to use the term commercially except in reference to the L-Soft product; using the word in the generic sense is not a trademark infringement, but does contribute to trademark genericide. The proper generic term is electronic mailing list or email list.
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See also
- Majordomo (software), an open source mailing list manager (MLM)
- Massively distributed collaboration
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