Thomas Wilson Mailing Lists Mailing Lists are electronic discussions dedicated to very specific topics. To become a member you subscribe for free by sending e-mail to a list processor.
Some lists generate mountains of mail and can become overwhelming very quickly.
Ask if a digest form of the list is available. That means instead of receiving, for example, forty separate e-mails a day from an active list, the letters will be packed together and sent as one huge piece of mail. It is easier to deal with in many ways although some people prefer to get the individual messages. Mailing lists are sometimes moderated by a human being. No newsreading program is needed to read them.