Module 2 Tasks: Email lists

I have been a member of several email lists for many years and utilise these because it is the way that the majority of members voted to utilise when the list was set up ( Cat Breeders group).The moderator chose this particular form as it was the best user friendly option available, given that the other members were of varying degrees of tech-savviness.Utilising email lists was seen as something even the most 'non-PC literate users' could manage without too much difficulty and I suppose this would be one of the major benefits for email list members.

My only negative would be that it can be a little time consuming if you don't check it regularly and some members ( despite education attempts) constantly hit' reply all' when unnecessary or constantly re-send on old emails that are no longer relevant to the current message and a lot of wading through 'waste' is necessary.