What are Mailing Lists?

Mailing lists offer an efficient way to send information such as announcements to a large number of interested people, as well as a means for electronic discussion. Creating a mailing list gives you a common email address for all list subscribers, which can be used by any of those subscribers to send e-mail to all other subscribers.

A good analogy might be that of a list in your e-mail address book, though a mailing list has the distinct advantage that the management of the list is coordinated by a central server, so each member of the list need not manage their own address list.

If you are a list owner, you gain control over all subscriptions and traffic on your list, and become responsible for the maintenance of the list.

Mailing List Roles

List Subscriber

A mailing list subscriber is simply a user of the mailing list who can send e-mail to and receive e-mail from the list. As a subscriber, you may subscribe to as few or as many mailing lists as you wish. To subscribe to a list, simply send a blank e-mail to [listname]-subscribe@lists.plattsburgh.edu. For example, to subscribe to a list named "technology", send a blank e-mail to technology-subscribe@lists.plattsburgh.edu. Make sure you qualify the "@lists.plattsburgh.edu" portion, as mailing list traffic directed to "@plattsburgh.edu" addresses will bounce as the primary mailserver will not understand the request.

Mailing lists are created for use by members of the Plattsburgh State community. While external users are not excluded from subscribing to mailing lists, you MUST be a member of the Plattsburgh State community with a valid plattsburgh.edu e-mail address and user account to be considered for moderation/ownership of a mailing list. All content posted to any mailing list on this server is the property of the individual who posts it.

Plattsburgh State is not responsible for the content and does not necessarily endorse the opinions appearing on the mailing lists and in the message archives.