In a broader perspective, the mailing list is a group of names and addresses that can be used for distributing
materials such as newsletters, periodicals or advertising. In the light of our web hosting services, the
mailing list is comprised of e-mail addresses that can be reached by sending a single message to the address
of the mailing list.

There are two general types of mailing lists. The first one is the announcement list, which is closer to the
original meaning of a mailing list where a group of people are recipients of the same materials. The second
one is the discussion list and its name suggests that all the members of the list can use the list to
communicate with each other.

The use of mailing lists nowadays is quite common and it has many applications. For example, in a given
organization each department may have a separate mailing list to share information - tasks, results, etc. Or,
for instance, customers of an online shop may wish to receive updates when new items are posted. Another
benefit of using a mailing list, is that the hourly limit of outgoing e-mails often set in shared hosting
plans do not affect the mailing lists.

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