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Foil 23 Internet Services: Mail Lists

From Overview of Basic Web and Internet Technologies Beijing Web Tutorial -- May 27-30 1997. by Geoffrey Fox *

Other discussion forums on interesting topics are provided through mail lists. The discussion is delivered through your regular email.
In this case, the discussion is again provided through messages. But instead of posting the message through special software (as is the case with news readers), the message is sent to an email address, and then forwarded to everyone in the group.
Mail list addresses
  • Posting address listname@host
    • post messages by sending them to this email address
  • Adminstrative address listname-request@host
    • use this email address to subscribe and unsubscribe to a list.
  • List owner listname-owner@host
Mail lists may also be moderated.



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