Sending a message to the members of an e-list is almost exactly like sending any other email message.

Put the e-list address in the To field.

Be sure to include the hyphen and the letter L at the end of the list name. In this example, it’s

sheep-shearing-L 

not

sheep-shearing 

What happens after you send your message depends on the way the list administrators have set up this e-list.

• Unmoderated lists: messages are delivered to all list members exactly as submitted.
• Moderated lists: each message is reviewed by a list administrator, who can reject messages if they are not appropriate for this list. The administrator may also edit your message before sending it on to the list.
• Announcement lists: only administrators can post messages to these lists. If you try to post to an announcement list (and you don’t have administrative privileges), you’ll receive an error message.