Mailing lists are a form of e-mail conferencing. They allow you to send a single message to many people at once. For example, if you send a message to a list, the next time someone checks their mail they will see your message. If they live overseas, that may not be till the next day, so if they respond you may not get their message until a day or so after you sent yours. Mailing Lists provide a forum for discussion on particular topics and in doing so provide an opportunity to meet people of like interest.
Mailing lists are quite simple to use.
Types of conferencing or group work. The Two Addresses For A Mailing List To become a recipient of a mailing list's mail you have to subscribe to the list. There are two commonly used automatic mailing list programs, Majordomo and Listserv, that deal with administrative issues. You use these programs to subscribe to a list, get information about a list and to unsubscribe from a list. Since most people only do these tasks a couple of times it is common to forget the management software address and send a command to the Mailing list people instead.