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Mailing Lists
Introduction
The Montana Shared Catalog mailing lists can be used in two different ways. First, they can be used in the traditional way with an email client (i.e. Microsoft Outlook or Eudora), and secondly they can be used through a menu driven web site with a web browser (i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox).
There are sixteen (16) mailing lists for the Montana Shared Catalog (MSC), plus two additional un-related lists. Anyone may join the 'msc-discuss' list for general discussion purposes. Some of the lists are closed to new members. The lists are:
| List Name | Description |
| msc-4rivers | 4 Rivers Discussion Group |
| msc-acquisitions | Acquisitions Discussion Group |
| msc-discuss | General Discussion Group |
| msc-ds | Directors Station Discussion Group |
| msc-exec | Executive Committee Discussion Group |
| msc-javaclient | Java Client Discussion Group |
| msc-largepublic | Large Public Library Distribution List |
| msc-ncip | NCIP Pilot Project Discussion Group |
| msc-opac | OPAC & Systems Administration Discussion Group |
| msc-partners | Partners Discussion Group |
| msc-schools | Schools Discussion Group and Distribution List |
| msc-smallpublic | Small Public Library Distribution List |
| msc-special | Special Library Discussion Group and Distribution List |
| msc-techservices | Cataloging Discussion Group |
| msc-training | Training Discussion Group |
| msc-userservices | User Services Discussion Group |
| mslreference | Cooperative Reference Project |
| southeastlibraries-discuss | Southeastern Libraries Discussion List |
This documentation will step you through using the "msc-discuss" mailing list. To apply the following documentation to a different mailing list (i.e. "msc-techservices"), simply substitute the appropriate List Name for "msc-discuss".
To join the General Discussion (msc-discuss) mailing list using an email client, send a message with the following line typed in the To: field… and leave the rest of the message blank!
join-msc-discuss@lists.mt.gov
To leave the General Discussion (msc-discuss) mailing list using email, send a message with the following line typed in the To: field… and leave the rest of the message blank!
leave-msc-discuss@lists.mt.gov
To send a new message to the General Discussion (msc-discuss)
mailing list using email, send a message with the following line
typed in the To: field… and enter your text in the body of
the message.
msc-discuss@lists.mt.gov
To access the Montana Shared Catalog mailing lists (and for purposes of this discussion, the "msc-discuss" mailing list specifically) with your web browser, go to this URL:
http://lists.mt.gov/read/login/ 
Note: Please bookmark this URL in your web browser for easy and convenient access to this site in the future!
The Lyris ListManager Login page will be displayed prompting you to enter your email address to login.
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You are now logged in to the system and are presented with a list
of the "Forums" that you are subscribed to. The screen
should look something like this.
For this example, we will enter the "msc-discuss" mailing list or forum. After clicking on "msc-discuss" forum from the My Forums screen, the user can:
- review all the messages in that forum
- create new messages or reply to existing messages
- search for a specific word in the messages
- make some simple changes to your account
- display a list of forums you are subscribed to
- display a list of all the forums
- get information about the current forum that you are in
These features are available through the blue "tabs" at the top of the screen. Please experiment with these now and learn how they are used. The features here are self-explanatory and relatively simple to use.
When you have finished with your session and want to log out and move on with your life, simply click on the "Logoutt" link in the top right hand corner of the web page.
