Robert asked:

Does anyone know where I might find discussions regarding the materiality of a listserv -- as a thing unto itself? I'm looking for journal articles or academic books that deal with this idea. (It could also be a discussion involving websites or e-mail in general.)

You might want to have a look at Alan Sondheim's work (he co-started one of the longer running mailinglists that has turned into a true online community, Cybermind). His work is more artistic than scientific, but his groundings in theory are solid. Much of his work deals with materiality, especially in relation to online/electronic 'spaces,' the mailinglist being one of them. Here are some URLs: Internet text at http://www.anu.edu.au/english/internet_txt Partial at http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/internet_txt.html Trace Projects at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm CDROM of collected work 1994-2000/1 available: write sondheim@panix.com Cheers, Frank. -- The Cyberculture, Identity and Gender Resources ==> http://fragment.nl/resources/