This content was published by Andrew Tomazos and written by several hundred members of the former Internet Knowledge Base project.

Mailing Lists

A mailing list is a computer-controlled collection of email addresses, such that 1 or more people can email multiple people easily. Because the turnaround time on email was so much shorter than realworld (snail) mail - it made this type of interaction possible. Mailing lists are still the most popular way to do group communication over the Internet. What can newer methods of broadcast and group communication learn from the culture of mailing lists?

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