How to Use Mailing Lists:
Addresses Associated with a Mailing List

While participating in a mailing list, you will run across a number of different e-mail addresses. Here are descriptions of those addresses along with information on how and when to use them.

listname@cornell.edu

Send messages to this address (for example, sailing-L@cornell.edu) when you want them to be posted on the list for all subscribers to read. This address appears on the "To:" or "Cc:" lines of messages distributed by the list.

listproc@cornell.edu

Where list subscribers send commands to join or leave lists, or to configure their subscription.
Remember that messages sent to this address are processed by computer and are not read by humans. Do not send questions or comments to this address.

listname-request@cornell.edu

Where subscribers should write to get help or information from the list owner. The listname must include "-L" (for example, you would send this kind of message to
history234-L-request@cornell.edu or
sailing-L-request@cornell.edu ).

listmgr@cornell.edu

Rarely used by subscribers. Send e-mail to this address if you've already checked the documentation and the list owner was unable to help.

owner-listname@cornell.edu

An address used internally by the system. Subscribers should never use this address to send messages, but seeing this address in the "Sender:" field of an incoming message tells you that the message came from the list.