State Bar of Wisconsin

Introduction

An electronic mailing list, sometimes called elist or e-list, is a special usage of e-mail that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. It is similar to a traditional mailing list as might be kept by an organization for sending publications to its members or customers. This typically refers to four things: a list of e-mail addresses, the subscribers receiving mail at those addresses, the publications (e-mail messages) sent to those addresses, and a reflector. The reflector is a single e-mail address that will send a copy of that message to all of the subscribers.

Some mailing lists are open to anyone who wants to join them, while others require an approval from the list owner before one can join. Joining a mailing list is called "subscribing" and leaving a list is called "unsubscribing". We also offer an online mailing list archive, a collection of past messages of a subscribed mailing lists. Our archives include searching and indexing functionality.

To Subscribe to an Email List, visit our Available Lists page and click on the Subscribe button.