And finaly e-mail is not as accountable as regular mail in that the senders identity can be easily forged. The way most people keep up to date on network news is through subscription to a number of mail reflectors or mailing lists. Mail reflectors are special electronic mailboxes which, when they receive a message, resend it to a list of other mailboxes. This in effect creates a discussion group on a particular topic. Each subscriber sees all the mail forwarded by the reflector.
Automatic mailers send messages or files in response to an e-mail request.
There are several mailing lists devoted to chemistry topics. Subscribing to these mailing lists involves sending a mail message to the list server as described below. Upon subscribing a welcome message with some information about the list will be sent to you. Subscribing to a mailing list is a good way to get involved in interesting discussions but there are some issues to consider. This simply requires some good e-mail management and of course you can unsubscribe at any time.