For example, a list participant uses the administrative address to send commands to subscribe and unsubscribe, as well as set subscriptions to digest mode or to postpone, or check current subscription settings. Additional information about subscribing and subscription options is available below. The second important email address is that of the discussion list itself. Messages sent to the list's address are distributed to all list subscribers. It is imperative that you understand the distinction between the administrative address and the list address.
Every discussion list has one or more owners.
Their email addresses are provided in the welcome message sent to all list subscribers at the time they join. The owners are responsible for keeping the list functioning smoothly and should be contacted if there are any problems, such as inappropriate behaviour by list participants, strange list behaviour such as missing messages or duplicate messages, or problems with subscribing and unsubscribing. This may consist of a special set of vocabulary, abbreviations, and other shorthand, a required procedure for introducing oneself to the group, or a specific method for describing the subject of your message. This is known as lurking . Your message will be seen by many people and could potentially be forwarded to many more.