Every day, I open Outlook Express and watch as it struggles to download hundreds of emails. Many mailing lists are high-volume, meaning that there are hundreds or thousands of messages sent to the mailing list per day.
Some mailing lists have a much lower volume, only sending out messages occasionally.
It all depends on the popularity of the mailing list and the topic. An Internet Guide and Tutorial to Email Lists. There are topics on everything from weekly recipes to designer fashion to makeup tips. There are also many mailing lists on topics related to graduate school, and I'd like to showcase some of the better mailing lists devoted to education for you today. There are several large lists of available mailing lists.