If you then send an e-mail message to the nickname, a copy of the message will be sent to everyone on the list. This is useful if you wish to mail the same group of people often. The list cannot be used by other people. To return to other documents use 'Back' on your browser. Mailing Lists using Majordomo Mailing lists are lists of users with a common interest, for example, members of a club or department.
Users can send e-mail messages to the mailing list, which then forwards it to everyone on the list.
Majordomo is the package which Computer Services recommend you use to create and manage mailing lists. When using Majordomo, the list administrator can allow users to subscribe or unsubscribe to the list, as well as being able to control many other characteristics of the list. Because Majordomo offers so many features, you will have a great deal of control over the configuration of your mailing list. To return to other documents use 'Back' on your browser. The mlist command is no longer available at Reading, and Majordomo should now be used instead.