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Mailing Lists A mailing list is a way for groups of users to discuss topics via email. Users send their messages to a central server, then the server distributes the messages to everyone who has subscribed to the mailing list. Participation in most mailing lists is free, although there are commercial mailing lists. The approach of a mailing list is preferred by many users as more convenient than the alternatives of forums and newsgroups, which require that you access the Internet and browse for message threads on topics of interest.
Because there is no central approval authority for mailing lists, the exact number of such lists is unknown. However, it is estimated that over 100,000 mailing lists are active on the Internet today.
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