Re: Mail Lists Q

POP wrote:

> What purpose and what kind of person would subscribe to a full
> blown mailing list?  What use could they be?

There are many many different kinds of mailing lists and mailing lists
function 'similarly' to web based forums and nntp based newsgroups;  so,
the same 'kind of' people who would participate in any electronic
community forum would participate in a mailing list.

It is relatively simple to setup and manage.  Each of the methods,
webforum, mailing list, nntp newsgroup - has its own advantages and
disadvantages and very often they completely overlap.  Examples are
gmane for overlapping newsgroups, webforum, and mailing lists and grc
for overlapping webforum and nntp news.  Googlegroups is another example
of overlapping a web interface and a mailing list.

Some support systems provide the support *only* in the form of mailing
lists, not nntp or web based.

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Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin