Free email accounts are now available from a variety of sites on the Web . Mailing list technologies extend the simplicity of email to groups. Lists are message distribution tools. From the subscriber's perspective, list traffic looks like email . But a message sent to the list address is automatically sent to everybody who has subscribed to the list.
Mailing lists are a simple technology from the user's perspective.
Users access lists with their email software. The complexity is on the server end. To find out more about mailing lists, consult the Mailing List Manager FAQ . To operate a mailing list for your learning resource, talk with your system administrator. Find out what software resides on your server for maintaining lists.