"So, you want to know what a list is?"

In a Nutshell...

A list consists of some people interested in a certain thing. When you want to communicate with someone on the Internet, you send them an e-mail. A list is like that, but on grander scale. When you want to send a message to everyone on the list, rather than send out an e-mail to all those e-dresses, you just send one to the listserver's e-mail address. To help illustrate my point, look at the following graphic:

Quick, easy communication. Ain't technology wonderful?

What's a List Server?

The listserver is responsible for taking any message you send to it and sending it to everyone on the list. Just like you, it has an e-mail address. For example, Medlab's listserver is medlab@world.std.com. You send an e-mail about what it is you want to say to our listserver and bam! Everyone on the list gets a copy of it. Just think of the listserver as a big 'ol Xerox machine.

So, Can Anybody Join The Party?

Theoretically, yes. Like any party, you have folks who are invited and those who aren't. The difference between a public list and a private list like Medlab, is like the difference between a private movie screening, and a 2 for 1 special at the local googleplex theater. Only those people who have been invited and put on to our list have the priveliege of posting to it. If anyone else tries posting to it, their message will bounce and no one on the list will see it. And yes, I'm talking about you spammers and anyone else thinking we're interested in what you have to sell. Unless it's Astroglide, whipped cream, champagne or satin sheets, we don't want what you're selling. If you're even thinking of trying this, not only will your message bounce, but you'll get a stern message from me. Try it again, and I notify your postmaster. We don't appreciate party-crashers.

I just LOVE Franklin! I Wanna Join!

Okay, you can join, but before you do, you have to take a little test. Don't worry, if you're into as much lusting and drooling after Dr. Franklin as we think you are, you'll pass with flying colors! This is just a measure for us to know who we're dealing with, and alert the ranks we've got yet another crazy broad joining our ranks.

Well, don't just sit there reading! Come on over and join us!

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