E-mail discussion lists

How they work

The basic principle of an e-mail discussion group is that a host computer (server) maintains a list of subscribers to a discussion. Every time a subscriber sends an e-mail message to the list, that message is automatically sent back out to all the other subscribers. You use regular e-mail both to send commands to the server, and to post messages to the list's subscribers.

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