When you subscribe to a listserve, make quite certain that you have your e-mail disk has been configured so that YOU are the sender. It has happened that students have subscribed to a listserve from a disk belonging to another student or from a disk with the site administrator as the sender. This can cause considerable problems.

Another strong recommedation is to set your registration to 'digest'. When you subscribe to a List you will get back a set of notes. Please read these carefully. If you do not understand the notes, seek assistance.

• make sure you know how to get off a listserve.

As listserves download e-mail to your disk and this can happen relentlessly if the list is active, it can be better to use News Groups rather than Lists.

For an explanation of listserves and how they work, check these links:

On-line discussion groups and electronic journals (Education) A comprehensive site from EdWeb: 'Exploring Technology and School Reform', by Andy Carvin.

David's Big List of Educational Listserves

OLTPD (Open Learning Teachers Professional Development) listserve. This listserve has been established to encourage and provide an avenue for direct teacher participation, contribution and dialogue across Australian schools for issues related to links between learning theories, teaching practices and computer-assisted education. listproc@mail.oltc.edu.au