Email Discussion Lists

Email discussion lists are perhaps one of the most useful things on the internet and can be a very useful source of advice. Firstly a little background reading.

For demonstration and training I have an email discussion list set up on my web server called "tutorial". The list address is tutorial@palmer.net.au and to subscribe you simply send an email to tutorial-subscribe@palmer.net.au.

Step by step:

1. Switch back to your hotmail mail account.
2. In the to field type tutorial-subscribe@palmer.net.au
3. Click the send button.
4. Very soon you will see a return message to check your address. Reply to this message using the reply button.
5. Next you will receive the welcome message and you are in!
6. Send a message to tutorial@palmer.net.au which will then be relayed out to everyone else who has subscribed.
7. Start a discussion going and we will talk about netiquette and threads in the session.

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