Internet Technologies 简明教程

Mailing List

为了向一组人发送同一封电子邮件，会创建一个称为邮件列表的电子列表。它是一个接收和分发帖子并自动管理订阅的列表服务器。

In order to send same email to a group of people, an electron list is created which is know as Mailing List. It is the list server which receives and distributes postings and automatically manages subscriptions.

邮件列表提供了一个论坛，来自世界各地的用户可以在其中回答问题，并请具有相同兴趣的其他用户回答问题。

Mailing list offers a forum, where users from all over the globe can answer questions and have them answered by others with shared interests.

Types of Mailing List

以下是邮件列表的各种类型：

Following are the various types of mailing lists:

It contains the group of people who have responsed to an offer in some way. These people are the customers who have shown interest in specific product or service.

编译清单的方法是从各种来源（例如调查、电话行销等）收集信息。

The compiled list is prepared by collecting information from various sources such as surveys, telemarketing etc.

这些清单的目标是向客户发送优惠券、新产品发布信息和其他优惠信息。

These lists are created for sending out coupans , new product announcements and other offers to the customers.

创建此清单的目的是就特定主题（例如计算机、环境、健康、教育等）分享观点。

This list is created for sharing views on a specific topic suchas computer, environment , healt, education etc.

How does mailing list work?

在加入邮件列表之前，必须先订阅该列表。订阅之后，你的消息将发送给已订阅该列表的所有人员。同样，如果任何订阅者发布消息，那么该列表的所有订阅者都可以收到该消息。

Before joining a mailing list, it is mandatory to subscribe to it. Once you are subscribed, your message will be sent to all the persons who have subscribed to the list. Similarly if any subscriber posts a message, then it will be received by all subscribers of the list.

Finding Mailing List

有许多网站可以维护公开可访问邮件列表的数据库。其中一些网站包括：

There are a number of websites are available to maintain database of publically accessible mailing list. Some of these are:

[role="bare"]http://tile.net./lists
[role="bare"]http://lists.com
[role="bare"]http://topica.com
[role="bare"]http://isoft.com/lists/list-q.html

Subscribing to Mailing List

若要订阅列表，你需要向包含一条或多条命令的管理地址邮件列表发送一封电子邮件。例如，如果你想订阅 gurus.com 中的哈利波特列表，其中列表服务器名称为 Majordomo，则你需要向 majordom@gurus.com 中发送包含文本“在其正文中订阅哈利波特”的电子邮件。

To subscribe to a list, you need to send an email message to the administrative address mailing list containing one or more commands. For example, if you want to subscribe to Harry Potter list in gurus.com where name of the list server us Majordomo, then you have to send email to majordom@gurus.com containing the text, Subscribe harry potter in its body.

有许多列表服务器可用，每个列表服务器都有自己的订阅列表命令。其中一些命令如下表所示：

There are many list servers available, each having its own commands for subscribing to the list. Some of them are described in the following table: