After you subscribe, every message that is sent to the list is also sent to your E-mail box. If you send a message to the list, a copy is sent to everyone else who is subscribed. A problem with the more popular lists is that your e-mail box quickly fills with hundreds of messages that you don't have time to read them. These are referred to as high-traffic lists. If you find you can't keep up, you can easily unsubscribe by sending an e-mail message to the same address you sent the subscription notice to.
Mailing lists abound on the Internet.
To find lists of interest, you'll have to visit a site that features a database of lists. The Liszt site provides a search engine that will look through 65,000 of them around the world, while Tile. Net offers searches of more than 40,000 lists. Another useful list of lists is on a site called List of Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists. J ournalism mailing lists Several lists dedicated to journalists are available.