It allows for rapid communication between people, even across continents. Each user must have an Internet address and a access to the Web. There are many E-mail software packages that can be used on the Internet. Some are PC based, such as GroupWise, Eudora, Pegasus, and PC-Pine. Others such as Pine and Elm are used with the UNIX operating system.
Participants subscribe to the list and can then send mail to that list.
All subscribers receive copies of all the mail sent to the list. A second address you will use is the address of the list itself. All messages sent to this address are distributed to the E-mail boxes of all of the subscribers. P rotocol is a set of rules for copying files from one machine to another. Files may be text files, graphics files, or shareware or freeware software files.