|font:Courier New||B:0|Reading a listserv involves sending a "subscribe" request via e-mail to the person or computer site that administers the list.  A typical request might go to majordomo@site.com; leave the subject line blank and in the message itself put something like: subscribe cat-owners-news.  Within days, if not hours, your electronic mailbox will start to fill with a series of messages from other people interested in the topic.|CR||CR||CR||B:1|1/3^|font:Courier New||B:O|You can read and reply as you wish. Some- times a moderator intercepts and edits|CR|these responses and sends them out to everyone on the list; sometimes everything goes to everyone else directly.  Listservs are more convenient because they're delivered to your mailbox; once you've subscribed, you don't have to make a special effort to hunt down the topic you're interested in.|CR||CR||CR||CR||B:1|2/3^|font:Courier New||B:O|The effort of finding an appropriate list and requesting a subscription shows a commitment to the discussion.  Although it depends on the subject, you'll usually find a higher level of conversation--and more solid information--than you will in a typical newsgroup.|CR||CR||CR||CR||CR||CR||CR||B:1|3/3|CR||CR|