2. Newf-L Basics

2.1 What is the purpose of Newf-L?

The Newfoundland Mailing List is a place where Newf lovers from around the world can get together to exchange ideas, questions, stories and whatever else, so long as it pertains to Newfoundland dogs in some way.

The list server where Newf-L resides reports the purpose of Newf-L to be:

For the propagation of information and lore pertaining to the Newfoundland breed of dog.

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2.2 What is a mailing list?

A mailing list is a means whereby a person can send mail to a single address, and that mail is redistributed to everyone that subscribes to the list. By doing this each subscriber does not need to know who belongs to the list, instead the sender only needs to know the address of the list server.

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2.3 Is a mailing list a newsgroup?

No. A newsgroup resides on a server and anyone that wishes to access the messages retrieves them from the server. On a mailing list all of the messages are sent to your E-mail address as they are received by the server. On a newsgroup you control when the messages get to you. On a mailing list, you get messages all day and all night long.

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