Others are genuine discussion type mailing lists which allow you to post your own messages or respond to others. This Usenet newsgroup used to be the best known discussion forum on Urdu poetry on the Web before Google took over Deja and ruined the whole thing. You can stil access ALUP through various newsgroup services like Newsguy , MailAndNews and Interbulletin . It was started for those who used the frequent the ALUP Usenet group and were unable to access it because of the untimely demise of Deja newsreader service. Posts can be read as e-mails or on the Web.
Subscription is required before one can post to the group or read posts made by others.
Subscribe Ashaar Ashaar is a newsletter style mailing list. Membership to the list is not restricted but only the moderator is allowed to post. Subscribe Lafz Lafz is a newsletter style mailing list. Membership to the list is not restricted but only the moderator is allowed to post. Five days a week, a ghazal or a nazm is sent to its members.