This responds (I think!) to e'mail messages on Raven this morning by Jim
Henry Re: e'mail enquiry by Dileepan.

My question: Does this list still exist?  Did it ever?  I tried to send an
e'mail through it recently without success.


At 08:52 AM 11/19/2002 -0500, L-Soft list server at University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga    wrote:
>Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:52:02
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At 10:09 AM 9/5/2003 -0400, Jim Henry wrote:
>Dileepan wrote:
>
>>Dear Raven Admin:
>
>Is it possible to convert Raven into a web based group
>like Yahoogroups?  This way the members will have
>three choices for delivery of Raven mails, (i) immediate
>delivery by e-mail, (ii) daily digest once a day by e-mail,
>or (iii) web only delivery, no e-mail at all.
>------------------
>
>Yes, you can.  There are even 4 options.