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Computer Mediated Communications Bulletin Boards Computer Conferencing Electronic Mail and Information Retrieval

This text examines the capabilities of electronic mail and conferencing and bbs systems, including assessments of the appropriateness of small, medium, centralized, and distributed systems. Among the topics discussed are computer conferencing, electronic bulletin board systems, information retrieval, and electronic mail. In addition, the book discusses the relative merits of contracting for conferencing and electronic mail services from outside firms as opposed to running a system in-house. Included are resource lists of hardware, software, peripheral devices and utilities; large and medium-sized, publicly accessible, and corporate-oriented, third-party conferencing systems; and electronic mail systems.

Table of Contents

Origins.

Scope of Current Conferencing, Information Retrieval, and BBS Technology.

Hardware, Software, and Telecommunications Foundations.

Single and Multiuser Configurations.

Distributed Conferencing Systems.

The Structure of Communications Models.

Implementing Communications Models.

Communication Services and Software.

Domains, Characteristics, and Implementation Objectives.

Advanced Features and Implications.

Trends and Social Issues.

Epilogue.

Appendices.

Index.
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