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Mailman is a software program used to manage electronic mailing lists. A mailing list is a list of addresses to which the same information is being sent. Two popular types of mailing lists are announcements and discussions. Announcement lists enable one person or group to send announcements to an assigned group, whereas discussion lists allow a group to discuss topics amongst themselves. Some common Mailman terms include a "post", which is a message sent to a mailing list; a "subscriber", which is a member of a mailing list; and a "list administrator", which is the individual who maintains a mailing list.
To join a mailing list, you will need to subscribe to it. You may receive the list name in an email invitation sent from the mailing list. If you don't know the list name, you can browse a list of all public mailing lists by opening a Web browser to http://list.pitt.edu/mailman/listinfo. To create a mailing list, contact the Technology Help Desk at 412 624-HELP [4357].
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