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Mailing Lists:
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Mailing lists are the original form of Internet communities. They share information and messages via e-mail. A mailing list is a list of e-mail addresses of members/subscribers and has its own e-mail address (posting address). Any messages which members send to the mailing list posting address are automatically sent to all the members through mailing list software. Each member receives all messages sent to the mailing list posting address by other members.
The term "subscribe" has always been used to describe users of mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups on the Internet. It may be a little misleading, since there is no cost or obligation involved. These mailing lists have digest versions. The mailing list software compiles messages sent to the posting address until they reach a certain file size or a minimum number of days have elapsed, then sends them all out in a single e-mail message as a "digest". The mailing lists offered by The HUMMER Network are listed below. If you would prefer to read/post messages via the web rather than receiving a lot of e-mail (some of these mailing lists are very active), you should consider using the web forum instead. The web forum contains the same information and messages as the mailing lists in a convenient threaded and searchable format. The web forum and mailing lists are tied together in that anything posted to a mailing list is also posted to the web forum and vice-versa. This unique system is provided to give you a choice of format, web or e-mail. You may sign up for both if you like, but you will not receive any additional messages or information by doing so. Mailing lists are sometimes the innocent victims of the ongoing spam wars. List mail can be mistaken as spam and blocked by some ISPs. If you or your ISP use aggressive spam blocking, it is recommended that you use the web forum rather than the mailing list. If you employ a system that blocks all e-mail which does not come from senders on a list of approved senders, you should not use mailing lists because mail will come to you from a wide variety of senders. AOL USERS: AOL is not mailing-list friendly. It rejects a great deal of legitimate e-mail as "spam", including much that is sent out by mailing lists. AOL is also stingy with mailbox sizes for its users. The HML is so active that it will fill up an AOL mailbox very quickly. The web forum is strongly recommended for AOL users instead of the mailing list. Viruses cannot be transmitted over these mailing lists, but can spread from one listmember to others outside the mailing lists. Please read this note on viruses.
NOTE: If you use an e-mail address for the mailing list which forwards to another e-mail address, you will double the chances of problems with delivery of e-mail from the mailing list. There is no reason to do this. The address under which you are on the mailing list is invisible. No one will see it. The only address anyone will see is the one you have set as your "From" address in your e-mail program. You can use any address for that, but please use your main address when signing up for a mailing list. Also, The Hummer Network is NOT in the business of supplying spammers with e-mail addresses (we hate spam too). Spammers cannot access the mailing lists in order to harvest addresses.
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