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Mailing list
* Mailing Lists are email-based discussion groups
  - relationship building tools
* allow e-mail messages to be sent automatically to a large number of addresses.
* allow groups of people to discuss a common interest via email
  - exchange e-mail
* are a form of discussion groups on the Internet
  - e-mail conferencing
* are a kind of e-mail club made up of people who want to discuss a common interest
  - online discussion group
  - mechanism for group communications
  - quick, easy way to send identical emails to more than one person
  - set of people who receive electronic mail as a group
  - simple electronic means of discussion or disseminating information
  - small but important part of the Internet
* are a way for a group of people with similar interests to share ideas through email
  - of discussing some specific subject using e-mail
* are a way to communicate over the Internet using email
  - discuss topics with several people via email
  - communities of people helping each other
* are discussion groups for various topics
  - in which the discussions are carried out by e-mail
  - discussions that are email based
  - dynamic meeting places for the exchange of ideas, opinions, and information
* are e-mail based discussion groups devoted to specific topics
  - discussion groups on specific topics
* are electronic bulletin boards structured around a central topic or interest
  - discussion forums
  - discussions that are held via e-mail
  - forums with a specialized subject focus
  - email forums
* are forums for discussion that operate via email
  - used to disseminate information about specific topics
  - fun ways to share ideas and interests with a like-minded group of people
  - groups of individuals with the same interests
* are groups of people who communicate and discuss various topics and issues via e-mail
  - share emails around a particular topic or interest
  - in many ways the last secret place on the Internet
  - increasingly important resources for information in the practice of law
  - information resources that are more dynamic than Web pages
* are like common property in information space
  - discussion groups on e-mail
  - marketplaces
  - one of the most common, public spaces on the internet
* are one of the most useful and used aspects of the Internet
  - tools on the Internet
  - oldest and most popular resources on the Internet
  - type of electronic bulletin boards for Internet
  - online discussion groups designed for people with similar interests
* are public forums
  - mediums, with no real confidentiality
  - simply computer distribution lists
  - software-controlled ways of sending email to a specified group of people
  - something like newsgroups
  - subject-oriented email discussion groups
  - subscription groups for communication by e-mail
* are the backbone of open source communications
  - electronic mail equivalent of radio broadcasting
  - most basic form of Internet conferencing
  - very similar to newsgroups
* can also be a way to find help from others.
* exist on the Internet as a way of disseminating information on a given topic.
* group of people with same hobby, interest etc.
* is simply a list of e-mail addresses of people interested in the same subject.
* offers ways for people with common interests to send messages to one another.
* provide a single email address for a whole group of people
  - people with a common interest to exchange mail messages and information
* use electronic mail to distribute posts to lists of subscribers.
* work by assigning a single email address to an entire group of people.